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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Spawning Intervals, Timing, and Riverine Habitat Use of Adult Atlantic Sturgeon in the Hudson River: ATLANTIC STURGEON IN HUDSON RIVER

MW Breece, AL Higgs, DA Fox - Transactions of the American …, 2021‏ - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Hudson River currently supports the largest population of Atlantic Sturgeon
Acipenser oxyrinchus in the United States despite currently supporting less than 1% of …

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

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 …

Spawning Drivers and Frequency of Endangered Atlantic Sturgeon in the York River System: DRIVERS AND FREQUENCY OF ENDANGERED ATLANTIC …

CH Hager, JC Watterson, JE Kahn - Transactions of the …, 2020‏ - academic.oup.com
Despite over 100 years of commercial exploitation for their eggs, there is limited information
about the spawning behavior of Atlantic Sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus …

Endangered Atlantic Sturgeon in the New York Wind Energy Area: implications of future development in an offshore wind energy site

EC Ingram, RM Cerrato, KJ Dunton, MG Frisk - Scientific reports, 2019‏ - nature.com
Imminent development of offshore wind farms on the outer continental shelf of the United
States has led to significant concerns for marine wildlife. The scarcity of empirical data …