Ecology and biology of the lake sturgeon: a synthesis of current knowledge of a threatened North American Acipenseridae

By D. Peterson, P. Vecsei, C. Jennings. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 2007

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The lake sturgeon is one of the largest North American freshwater fish and was once common in most inland rivers and lakes of the US and Canadian Midwest. World demand for caviar and sturgeon meat led to a dramatic decline of lake sturgeon populations throughout much of its range. Along with overfishing, lake sturgeon populations have been negatively affected by habitat degradation. Recruitment factors and early life history are poorly understood. Today, renewed interest in lake sturgeon restoration has led to numerous state and federally-funded research activities. Research has focused on identifying and assessing the size structure of remnant stocks, the availability of spawning habitat, and factors affecting reproductive success. Additional studies are needed to improve hatchery techniques, to better understand recruitment mechanisms, and how genetic diversity among and within meta-populations may affect long-term recovery of depleted populations.

Subfields: Aquatic Science, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Citations in the corpus

• Status of Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens Rafinesque 1817) in North America (2016, background): “LS possess a large, cellular swim bladder that retains some of the lung-like characteristics of early actinopterigeans (Harkness and Dymond, 1961; Singer et al., 1990 Peterson et al., 2007).”
• Historical Impacts on River Fauna, Shifting Baselines, and Challenges for Restoration (2009, background): “By 1925, this species formed the most important commercial fishery in the Great Lakes, despite the fact that stocks were already collapsing (Petersen et al. 2007).”