Session: Sturgeon I (AFS 140th Annual Meeting)

Tuesday, September 14, 2010: 8:40 AM-11:40 AM

302 (Convention Center)

Moderator:

Reuben Goforth

8:40 AM

12-1

Influences of water velocity and hydropower operations on spawning site choice and recruitment success of Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) in the Winnipeg River, Manitoba
Claire L. Hrenchuk, University of New Brunswick; Stephan Peake, PhD, Canadian Rivers Institute, University of New Brunswick

9:00 AM

12-2

Factors influencing recruitment of shovelnose sturgeon in the upper Missouri River basin
Patrick J. Braaten, USGS Columbia Environmental Research Center; Ryan D. Lott, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks; David B. Fuller, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks

9:20 AM

12-3

North vs. south: Thermal tolerance of two different stocks of shortnose sturgeon
Paul Wilkes, University of Georgia; Doug Peterson, University of Georgia

9:40 AM

12-4

Assessment of nitrite toxicity of varied ages of Atlantic sturgeon
Andrew Lazur, PhD, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Horn Point Laboratory; Erin L. Markin, M.S., University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Horn Point Laboratory; Mark Matsche, M.S., Maryland Department of Natural Resources Cooperative Oxford Laboratory

10:00 AM

Break

10:20 AM

12-5

Status and population trends of shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) in the Altamaha River, Georgia
Michael S. Bednarski, University of Georgia; Douglas L. Peterson, PhD, University of Georgia

10:40 AM

12-6

Status of Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon in the Satilla and St Marys Rivers, GA
Mark W. Fritts, University of Georgia; Douglas L. Peterson, PhD, University of Georgia

11:00 AM

12-7

Restoration of Lake Sturgeon in the Great Lakes
Bruce A. Manny, PhD, US Geological Survey; Lloyd Mohr, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

11:20 AM

12-8

Demography and movements of shovelnose sturgeon in the Middle Wabash River, Indiana
Reuben Goforth, Purdue University; Lindsey Bock, Southern Illinois University; Michael Wellman, Purdue University; Tom Stefanavage, Indiana Department of Natural Resources; Sepulveda Maria, Purdue University

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