Sturgeon Biodiversity and Conservation

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Birstein, Vadim J. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Waldman, John R. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Bemis, William E. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1997.
• Σειρά: Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes, 17
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Aquatic ecology.; Nature conservation.; Life Sciences.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.; Nature Conservation.; Life Sciences, general.

 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.