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Preludeto sturgeon biodiversity andconservation

Sturgeon biodiversity and conservation: an introduction

Leo SemenovichBerg and the biology ofAcipenseriformes: a dedication

Part1:Diversity and evolutionofsturgeons andpaddlefishes

An overview ofAcipenseriformes

Osteology and phylogeneticinterrelationships of sturgeons(Acipenseridae)

Phylogeny of the Acipenseriformes: cytogenetic and molecular approaches

How manyspecies arethere within thegenusAcipenser?

Part2:Biology andstatus reportsonsturgeons andpaddlefishes

Sturgeon rivers: an introduction to acipenseriform biogeography andlifehistory

Past and current status of sturgeons in the upper and middle Danube River

Endangered migratory sturgeons of the lower Danube River and its delta

Present status of commercial stocks of sturgeons in theCaspianSea basin

Species structure, contemporary distribution and status of the Siberian sturgeon,

by E.K. Balon 9 - 11

by W.E. Bemis, V.J. Birstein &J.R. Waldman 13 - 14

byV.J.Birstein & W.E. Bemis 15 - 22

by W.E. Bemis, E.K. Findeis & L. Grande

by E.K. Findeis^73 -^126

by V.J. Birstein, R. Hanner & R. DeSalle 127 - 155

by V.J. Birstein & W.E. Bemis

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by W.E. Bemis & B. Kynard

by K. Hensel & J. Hol

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by N. Bacalbasa-Dobrovici

by R.P. Khodorevskaya, G.F. Dovgopol, O.L. Zhuravleva & A.D. Vlasenko

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Acipenser baerii

byG.I. Ruban 221 - 230

Endemicsturgeons of the Amur River: kaluga,Huso dauricus,andAmur sturgeon,

Acipenser schrenckii

by M.L. Krykhtin & V.G. Svirskii

by Q. Wei, F. Ke, J. Zhang, P. Zhuang, J. Luo, R. Zhou & W.Yang

by P. Zhuang, F. Ke, Q. Wei, X. He & Y. Cen

by S.I. Doroshov, G.P. Moberg & J.P. Van Eenennaam

by K. Graham 279 - 289

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Biology, fisheries, and conservation of sturgeons andpaddlefishin China

Biology and life history of Dabry’s sturgeon, Acipenser dabryanus, in the Yangtze River

Observations on the reproductive cycle of cultured white sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus

Contemporary status of the North American paddlefish, Polyodon spathula

Life history and status of the shovelnose sturgeon,Scaphirhynchus platorynchus

The status and distribution of lake sturgeon,Acipenser fulvescens,in the Canadian provinces

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by K.D. Keenlyne 291 - 298

of Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec: a geneticperspective

by M.M. Ferguson&G.A. Duckworth 299 — 309