Sturgeon Biodiversity and Conservation
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Developments in environmental biology of fishes 17 Series Editor EUGENE K. BALON
Sturgeon biodiversity and conservation Editors: VADIM J. BIRSTEIN, JOHN R. WALDMAN & WILLIAM E. BEMIS
Reprinted from Environmental biology of fishes, Volume 48 (1–4), 1997 with addition of species and subject index
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Contents
Prelude to sturgeon biodiversity and conservation by E.K. Balon Sturgeon biodiversity and conservation: an introduction by W.E. Bemis, V.J. Birstein &J.R. Waldman Leo Semenovich Berg and the biology of Acipenseriformes: a dedication by V.J. Birstein & W.E. Bemis
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Part 1: Diversity and evolution of sturgeons and paddlefishes An overview of Acipenseriformes by W.E. Bemis, E.K. Findeis & L. Grande Osteology and phylogenetic interrelationships of sturgeons (Acipenseridae) by E.K. Findeis Phylogeny of the Acipenseriformes: cytogenetic and molecular approaches by V.J. Birstein, R. Hanner & R. DeSalle How many species are there within the genus Acipenser? by V.J. Birstein & W.E. Bemis
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Part 2: Biology and status reports on sturgeons and paddlefishes Sturgeon rivers: an introduction to acipenseriform biogeography and life history by W.E. Bemis & B. Kynard Past and current status of sturgeons in the upper and middle Danube River by K. Hensel &J. Holcik Endangered migratory sturgeons of the lower Danube River and its delta by N. Bacalbasa-Dobrovici Present status of commercial stocks of sturgeons in the Caspian Sea basin by R.P. Khodorevskaya, G.F. Dovgopol, O.L. Zhuravleva & A.D. Vlasenko Species structure, contemporary distribution and status of the Siberian sturgeon, Acipenser baerii by G.I. Ruban Endemic sturgeons of the Amur River: kaluga, Huso dauricus, and Amur sturgeon, Acipenser schrenckii by M.L. Krykhtin & V.G. Svirskii Biology, fisheries, and conservation of sturgeons and paddlefish in China by Q. Wei, F. Ke, J. Zhang, P. Zhuang, J. Luo, R. Zhou & W. Yang Biology and life history of Dabry’s sturgeon, Acipenser dabryanus, in the Yangtze River by P. Zhuang, F. Ke, Q. Wei, X. He & Y. Cen Observations on the reproductive cycle of cultured white sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus by S.I. Doroshov, G.P. Moberg & J.P. Van Eenennaam Contemporary status of the North American paddlefish, Polyodon spathula by K. Graham Life history and status of the shovelnose sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus platorynchus by K.D. Keenlyne The status and distribution of lake sturgeon, Acipenser f
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