Sturgeon survival: The role of swimming performance and fish passage research

C Katopodis, L Cai, D Johnson - Fisheries Research, 2019 - Elsevier
The rapid decline in sturgeon populations is largely a result of human activities, especially
the proliferation of hydraulic structures and lack of fish passage systems effective for …

Meta-analyses of the effects of river flow on fish movement and activity

MK Taylor, SJ Cooke - Environmental Reviews, 2012 - cdnsciencepub.com
Estimating the timing and magnitude of fish movements relative to environmental factors can
provide insight into why fishes behave as they do. To make broad-level inferences about fish …

Fish response to modified flow regimes in regulated rivers: research methods, effects and opportunities

KJ Murchie, KPE Hair, CE Pullen… - River research and …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Globally, rivers are increasingly being subjected to various levels of physical alteration and
river regulation to provide humans with services such as hydropower, freshwater, flood …

Fish habitat selection in a large hydropeaking river: Strong individual and temporal variations revealed by telemetry

H Capra, L Plichard, J Bergé, H Pella, M Ovidio… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Modeling individual fish habitat selection in highly variable environments such as
hydropeaking rivers is required for guiding efficient management decisions. We analyzed …

Effects of hydropeaking on nearshore habitat use and growth of age‐0 rainbow trout in a large regulated river

J Korman, SE Campana - Transactions of the American …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
We evaluated the effects of hourly variation in flow caused by power load following at Glen
Canyon Dam (“hydropeaking”) on the nearshore habitat use and growth of age‐0 rainbow …

Spatial Distribution and Long-term Movement Patterns of Cownose Rays Rhinoptera bonasus Within an Estuarine River

AB Collins, MR Heupel, CA Simpfendorfer - Estuaries and Coasts, 2008 - Springer
Passive acoustic telemetry was used to monitor the movements of cownose rays
(Rhinoptera bonasus) within the Caloosahatchee River estuary in Southwest Florida …

Shifts in hydropower operation to balance wind and solar will modify effects on aquatic biota

HI Jager, T De Silva, R Uria-Martinez… - Water Biology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
To avoid negative consequences to freshwater biota from climate change, society must
complete the transition from fossil to renewable electricity sources. However, temporal …

[HTML][HTML] Sturgeon and paddlefish: Review of research on broodstock and early life stage management

VP Lobanov, J Pate, A Joyce - Aquaculture and Fisheries, 2023 - Elsevier
Sturgeon aquaculture has taken a parallel yet unique path relative to other teleost rearing.
One of the driving factors has been the fact that virtually all extant species are facing …

Research tools to investigate movements, migrations, and life history of sturgeons (Acipenseridae), with an emphasis on marine-oriented populations

TC Nelson, P Doukakis, ST Lindley, AD Schreier… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Worldwide, sturgeons (Acipenseridae) are among the most endangered fishes due to
habitat degradation, overfishing, and inherent life history characteristics (long life span, late …

Behaviour and passage success of upriver-migrating lake sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens in a vertical slot fishway on the Richelieu River, Quebec, Canada

JD Thiem, TR Binder, JW Dawson, P Dumont… - Endangered Species …, 2011 - int-res.com
Spawning migrations of sturgeon have been affected by the construction of dams, which
create barriers to migration and have contributed to the imperilment of sturgeon. Although …