Sturgeon biodiversity and conservation /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Birstein, Vadim J. (Editor ), Waldman, John R. (Editor ), Bemis, William E. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1997.
Edición:1st ed. 1997.
Colección:Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes, 17
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Diversity and evolution of sturgeons and paddlefishes
  • An overview of Acipenseriformes
  • Osteology and phylogenetic interrelationships of sturgeons (Acipenseridae)
  • Phylogeny of the Acipenseriformes: Cytogenetic and molecular approaches
  • How many species are there within the genus Acipenser?
  • Prelude to sturgeon biodiversity and conservation
  • Biology and status reports on sturgeons and paddlefishes
  • Sturgeon rivers: An introduction to acipenseriform biogeography and life history
  • Past and current status of sturgeons in the upper and middle Danube River
  • Endangered migratory sturgeons of the lower Danube River and its delta
  • Present status of commercial stocks of sturgeons in the Caspian Sea basin
  • Species structure, contemporary distribution and status of the Siberian sturgeon, Acipenser baerii
  • Endemic sturgeons of the Amur River: Kaluga, Huso dauricus, and Amur sturgeon, Acipenser schrenckii
  • Biology, fisheries, and conservation of sturgeons and paddlefish in China
  • Biology and life history of Dabry’s sturgeon, Acipenser dabryanus, in the Yangtze River
  • Observations on the reproductive cycle of cultured white sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus
  • Contemporary status of the North American paddlefish, Polyodon spathula
  • Life history and status of the shovelnose sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus platorynchus
  • The status and distribution of lake sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens, in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec: A genetic perspective
  • Lake sturgeon management in the Menominee River, a Wisconsin-Michigan boundary water
  • Life history, latitudinal patterns, and status of the shortnose sturgeon Acipenser brevirostrum
  • Status and management of Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus, in North America
  • Atlantic and shortnose sturgeons of the Hudson River: Common and divergent life history attributes
  • Biological characteristics of European Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser sturio, as the basis for a restoration program in France
  • Sturgeon biodiversity and conservation: An introduction
  • Controversies, conservation and summary
  • Sturgeons and the Aral Sea ecological catastrophe
  • Threatened fishes of the world: Pseudoscaphirhynchus spp. (Acipenseridae)
  • Molecular analysis in the conservation of sturgeons and paddlefish
  • Sensitivity of North American sturgeons and paddlefish to fishing mortality
  • Alternatives for the protection and restoration of sturgeons and their habitat
  • Threatened fishes of the world: Scaphirynchus suttkusi Williams & Clemmer,1991 (Acipenseridae)
  • Threatened fishes of the world: Scaphirhynchus albus (Forbes & Richardson,1905) (Acipenseridae)
  • Sturgeon poaching and black market caviar: A case study
  • The threatened status of acipenseriform species: A summary
  • Leo Semenovich Berg and the biology of Acipenseriformes: A dedication.