Biology, Conservation and Sustainable Development of Sturgeons

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Carmona, Ramón (Editor), Domezain, Alberto (Editor), García-Gallego, Manuel (Editor), Hernando, José Antonio (Editor), Rodríguez, Fernando (Editor), Ruiz-Rejón, Manuel (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Series: Fish & Fisheries Series ; 29
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Animal ecology.; Conservation biology.; Ecology.; Zoology.; Wildlife.; Fish.; Life Sciences.; Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.; Animal Ecology.

Sturgeons are considered "living fossils", sharing many morphological and biological features with ancestral fish. Furthermore, sturgeons are of the utmost interest from an economic perspective, not only for the caviar but for flesh, too. However, the wild populations of the majority of th...