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12SrDNA(mitochondrialgene) 141-144

I6S rDNA (mitochondrial gene) 141-144 in Merrimack River 324-325 208, 220

I8S rDNA(nucleargene) 141-142, 146

Acipenser 351-353 in the Danube River 185,193, 208

life history 324-328, 331-332, 348-353

migration323-325, 328-330,349, in the Caspian Sea 209, 214

palatquadrate shape 47 fishery 193, 210, 214

174 in the Pee Dee River 323, 330 reproduction 214–215

Acipenser gueldenstaedtii (Russian sturgeon)

biogeography 41, 43, 128, 158, 169,

in the Caspian Sea 215-216 phylogeny 45 status 203, 206

feeding adaptations 119 population size 321-323, 330 taxonomy 158

fossil forms 174

locomotion adaptation 12 1

molecular phylogeny 147-148 quadratojugal bone 47 159

molecular variation in 159

morphological characters 78, 81, 83,

in the Potomac River 322

predation on 331

reproduction 324-327, 352- 353

in the Saint John River 322, 324-325,

in the Volga River 209, 214–215

Acipenser kikuchii (=A. sinensis), taxonomy

Acipenser medirostris (green sturgeon)

fishery 412

86 - 7.89-91.93.95-6,99, 101, 104, 331 spawning rivers 169

106-7,114-6 in the Santee-Cooper River 323-324 systematics 41

osteological methods 77

phylogeny 43, 64, 116, 128, 145,

polyploidy in 136 stocking 323

range 31 in the Susquehanna River 322 spawning rivers 169

rostralexpansion 120 taxonomy 159 systematics 41

speciation 128, 148 Acipenser dabryanus (Dabry’s sturgeon) taxonomy 158

systematics 26, 39, 41-44, 147

taxonomy 157-160,386- 388 biogeography257–258 taxonomy 159

230 distribution 259 taxonomy 160

in the Savannah River 322-324, 330

spawning 324-326, 328-331, 350, 352

taxonomy 158 - 159

in the Tumnin River 158

in the Amur River 23 1–232

147 - 149, 171, 180 status 319,322,356 Acipenser mikadoi(Sakhalin sturgeon) 406

artificial reproduction 262

compared to Acipenser sinensis 259

anthropogenic impacts 221 fishery 262

fishery 226-227 natural history 259-262 in the Aral Sea 378

natural history 180,221- 228 status 258, 433

andpollution 227 taxonomy 158,257

status 226 in the Yangtze River 177, 180,246, fishery 197

taxonomy 158,225-226 253,257-263, 433 natural history 196, 378

Acipenser multiscutatus (=A. schrenckii),

Acipenser naccarii (Adriatic sturgeon),

Acipenser nudiventris (ship sturgeon) 208

Acipenser baerii (Siberian sturgeon) 43, 223,

dams, impact of 374

in the Danube River 185, 196–197

Acipenser brevirostrum (shortnose sturgeon) Acipenser fulvescens(lake sturgeon) 43 status39, 199–197, 203, 373

43, 184 anthropogenic impacts 303-304, taxonomy 158

andAcipenser oxyrinchus356-357 303-305 Acipenser oxyrinchus(American Atlantic

in Altamaha River 322-323,331 biogeography 181,300–303,311

artificialreproduction323 conservation recommendations 316

in Atlantic Coastal Rivers 319 dams, impact of 303

biogeography319-320 distribution 299–301 anthropogenicimpacts339- 341

in the Cape Fear River 322-323 fishery302-303.307-308,313-316. artificialreproduction 343–345

in Chesapeake Bay 322 412 biogeography 181,336

in the Connecticut River 318,321, genetics 301-302, 308,386,389- 390 fishery 338-343,411

dams, impact on 318, 323-324,

in Delaware River 322, 325, 330

feeding 327, 351, 353

fishery 332

freshwater amphidromy 178 spawning 180 384

habitat327–328 stock identification388- 390 in the Suwannee River 345

in the Hudson River 220,321,324, taxonomy 159 taxonomy 159,386

sturgeon) 35, 43, 184, 310, 384

andAcipenser brevirostrum 356–357

andAcipenser sturio 386

324-325,329-330 habitat 303 genetics 336,386-387,393- 394

328-329

in Manitoba 307

in the Menominee River 3 1 1–3 16

in Ontario 307

population status 305–308, 313–316

in Quebec 305,308

in the Hudson River 347–357

natural history 336–338, 345, 354- 356

population structures 337

in the Saint John River 340

in the St. Lawrence River 310,340,

growth 324,350,352–353 status 305–309 Status 335, 340, 347-348,356

347-357 Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi (Gulf sturgeon)

* Prepared by Alice G. Klingener, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, U.S.A.

Species and subject index*