Too Hot to Handle: A Meta‐Analytical Review of the Thermal Tolerance and Adaptive Capacity of North American Sturgeon

AM Dichiera, ML Earhart, WS Bugg… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding how ectotherms may fare with rising global temperatures and more frequent
heatwaves is especially concerning for species already considered at‐risk, such as long …

Establishment of a microsatellite genetic baseline for North American Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser o. oxyrhinchus) and range-wide analysis of population genetics

SL White, DC Kazyak, TL Darden, DJ Farrae… - Conservation …, 2021 - Springer
Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) is a long-lived, anadromous species
that is broadly distributed along the Atlantic coast of North America. Historic overharvest and …

Atlantic sturgeon status and movement ecology in an extremely small spawning habitat: The Nanticoke River-Marshyhope Creek, Chesapeake Bay

DH Secor, MHP O'Brien, N Coleman… - Reviews in Fisheries …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Biotelemetry of Atlantic sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus has exposed
spawning behaviors in ever-smaller estuaries, surprising for the NW Atlantic's largest …

Development and testing of an environmental DNA (eDNA) assay for endangered Atlantic sturgeon to assess its potential as a monitoring and management tool

LV Plough, AJ Bunch, BB Lee, CL Fitzgerald… - Environmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Significant declines in Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrhynchus oxyrhynchus) abundances
along the US east coast have spurred major research efforts and management actions over …

Stock composition of Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) encountered in marine and estuarine environments on the US Atlantic Coast

DC Kazyak, SL White, BA Lubinski, R Johnson… - Conservation …, 2021 - Springer
Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) is a large, anadromous fish native to the
Atlantic Coast of North America. Although this species once supported important fisheries …

Contemporary and historical effective population sizes of Atlantic sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus

J Waldman, SE Alter, D Peterson, L Maceda… - Conservation …, 2019 - Springer
Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) is an anadromous fish of considerable
conservation concern, following its long history of overfishing and exposure to a variety of …

Comparing abundance estimates from closed population mark-recapture models of endangered adult Atlantic sturgeon

JE Kahn, C Hager, JC Watterson, N Mathies… - Endangered Species …, 2019 - int-res.com
Atlantic sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus were listed as 5 distinct population
segments under the US Endangered Species Act in 2012. At that time, only 2 abundance …

Development of Active Numerating Side-scan for a High-Density Overwintering Location for Endemic Shortnose Sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) in the Saint John …

SN Andrews, AM O'Sullivan, J Helminen, DF Arluison… - Diversity, 2020 - mdpi.com
In 1979, the Shortnose Sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) population of the Saint John
River, New Brunswick, was estimated at 18,000±5400 individuals. More recently, an …

The influence of water, diet, and temperature on 87Sr/86Sr in fin spines of juvenile Atlantic Sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus

JJ Neary, BM Pracheil, RI Gabitov, MH Li… - Journal of Experimental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Analysis of microchemistry in fish fin spines offers a non-lethal approach to address
key questions about life history specific movement and habitat use. Reconstruction of life …

Spawning drivers and frequency of endangered Atlantic Sturgeon in the York River system

CH Hager, JC Watterson… - Transactions of the …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Despite over 100 years of commercial exploitation for their eggs, there is limited information
about the spawning behavior of Atlantic Sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus …