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Fisheries Research Report 1936 December 9, 1985 1 9 3 6 A Partial Bibliography for the Sturgeon Family Acipenseridae · Eric R. Anderson Fisheries Research Report No. 1936 December 9, 1985 MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES FISHERIES DIVISION Fisheries Research Report 1936 December 9, 1985 A PARTIAL BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR THE STURGEON FAMILY ACIPENSERIDAE Eric R. Anderson 2 INTRODUCTION Sturgeon are large, primitive fishes that mature late, are long-lived, and occur in both freshwater and marine systems throughout the world. The bibliography presented here consists of 288 references divided into systematics and distribution, biology, management, morphology, physiology, and fish health for 23 species of the genera Acipenser, Huso, Pseudoscaphirhynchus, and Scaphirhvnchus. In the biology section, references are further subdivided into general biology, reproduction, feeding and locomotion, early life history, and age and growth. In the management section, references are subdivided into fishery history, population dynamics, and cultural practices. Within each section references are arranged in alphabetical order by the author's surname. 3 SYSTEMATICS AND DISTRIBUTION Bailey, R. M., and F. B. Cross. 1954. River sturgeons of the American genus Scaphirhynchus: characters, distribution, and synonymy. Paper of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 39:169-208. Bajkov, A. D. 1955. White sturgeon with seven rows of scutes. California Fish and Game 41:347-348. Cooper, E. L. 1957. What kind of sturgeon is it? Wisconsin Conservation Bulletin 22:31. Eddy, S. 1945. Paddlefish and sturgeon. Geological relics among Minnesota fishes. The Conservation Volunteer 8:29-32. Filippov, G. M. 1976. Some data on the biology of the beluga Huso huso from the south­ eastern part of the Caspian Sea. Journal of Ichthyology 16:566-574. Fitch, J. E, and S. A. Schultz. 1978. Some rare and unusual occurrences of fishes off California and Baja California. California Fish and Game 64:74-92. Forbes, S. A., and R. E. Richardson. 1905. On a new shovelnose sturgeon from the Mississippi River. Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History Bulletin 7:37-44. Gerbilsky, N. L. 1959. Intraspecific biological groups among Acipenseridae and the importance of knowledge concerning them for the development of sturgeon culture in connection with hydroelectric developments. Fisheries Research Board of Canada Translation Series No. 233. Kozlov, V. I. 1970. A natural hybrid of the spiny sturgeon [Acipenser nudiventris derjavini (Borzenko)] and the Kura sevryuga [~. stellatus (Pallas)]. Journal of Ichthyology 10:466-471. Krylova, V. D. 1980. Morphometric characteristics of a hybrid between the beluga, Huso huso, and the sevryuga, Acipenser stellatus. Journal of Ichthyology 20:89-97. Krylova, V. D. 1980. Variability and inheritance of characters in F1 and F2 hybrids of the beluga, Huso huso, x sterlet, Acipenser ruthenus. Journal of Ichthyology 20:35-48. Legeza, M. I. 1972. The role of abiotic factors in the distribution of sturgeon (Pisces:Acipenseridae) in the Caspian Sea. Journal of Ichthyology 12:10-20. Legeza, M. I. 1973. The present distribution of sturgeons (Acipenseridae) in the Caspian Sea. Journal of Ichthyology 13:840-847. Nikol'skiy, G. V .. and N. K. Kanevskaya. 1972. Some data on the relationship between the range of variability of characters and the karyotypes of sturgeons (Fam. Acipenseridae), Journal of Ichthyology 12:382-388. Riggs, C. D., and G. A. Moore. 1951. Some new records of paddlefish and sturgeon for Oklahoma. Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science, Volume XXX, 1949. Roedel, P. M. 1941. A sturgeon in southern California waters. California Fish and Game 27:191. 4 Roedel, P. M. 1962. The names of certain marine fishes of California. California Fish and Game 48:19-34. Shilov, V. I., Yu. K. Khazov, and G. A. Batychkov. 1970. Races of Volga -Caspian sturgeon [Acipenser guldenstadti Brandt]. Journal of Ichthyology 10:460-466. Sokolov, L. I., and Y. A. Tsepkin. 1969. The sevryuga or Caspian sturgeon [Acipenser stellatus Pallas] in the middle and upper Holocene. Problems of Ichthyology 9:471-481. Stevens, D. E., and L. W. Miller. 1970. Distribution of sturgeon larvae in the Sacramento­ San Joaquin River system. California Fish and Game 56:80-86. Tsepkin, Ye. A., and L. I. Sokolov. 1970. The Russian sturgeon [ Acipenser guldens tad ti Brandt] in the middle and late Holocene. Journal of Ichthyology 10:18-29. Vasil'yev, V. P., L. I. Sokolov, and Ye. V. Serebryakova. 1980. Karyotypes of the Siberian sturgeon, Acipenser baeri, of the Lena River and some aspects of karyotype evolution in Acipenseriformes. Journal of Ichthyology 20:37-45. Vladykov, V. D. 1955. A comparison of Atlantic sea sturgeon with a new subspecies from the Gulf of Mexico (Acipenser oxxrhynchus de sotoi). Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 12:754-761. Wales, J. H. 1946. Sturgeon from Shasta Lake. California Fish and Game 32:31. Walker, C.R. 1952. The sturgeon. Missouri Conservationist 13:16. BIOLOGY General Anon. 1933. Mystery of sturgeon "41" solved. The Fisherman 2:12. Baker, J.P. 1980. The distribution, ecology, and management of the lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens Rafinesque) in Michigan. Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Division Research Report 1883, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. Baltabayev, A. B. 1972. The Syrdar'ya shovelnose sturgeon [Pseudoscaphirhynchus fedtschenkoi (Kessler)] of the Karadar'ya River. Journal of Ichthyology 12:1016-1018. Borodin, N. 1925. Biological observation on the Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser sturio). Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 55:184-190. Christenson, L. M. 1970. Wisconsin's other sturgeon. Wisconsin Conservation Bulletin 35:10- 11. Coon, J. C., R. R. Ringe, T. C. Bjornn. 1977. Abundance, growth, distribution, and movements of white sturgeon in the Mid-Snake River. Idaho Cooperative Fishery Research Unit, Moscow, Idaho. Dadswell, M. J. 1979. Biology and population characteristics of the shortnose sturgeon Acipenser brevirostrum. Lesueur 1818 (Osteichthyes:Acipseridae), in the St. John River estuary, New Brunswick, Canada. Canadian Journal of Zoology 57:2186-2210. 5 Dees. L. T. 1961. Sturgeons. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fisheries Leaflet 526:1-8. Dieckman, M. 1963. Sturgeon on the rocks. Wisconsin Conservation Bulletin 28:14-15. Dovel, W. L., and T. J. Berggren. 1983. Atlantic sturgeon of the Hudson estuary, New York. New York Fish and Game Journal 30:140-172. Eddy, S., and J.C. Underhill. 1976. Sturgeon. Pages 125-131 in Northern Fishes, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Glover, C. R. 1961. The sturgeon in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Angler, Volume 30:1-5 and Volume 31:3-5. Green, W. J. 1926. Sturgeon on increase. California Fish and Game 12:108-109. Hoff, J. G. 1979. Annotated bibliography and subject index on shortnose sturgeon Acipenser brevirostrum. U. S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Report NMFS SSRF 731. Hubbs, C. L. 1917. Acipenser fulvescens Rafinesque, the Great Lakes sturgeon. Copeia 44:48. Huff, J. A. 1977. Life history of Gulf of Mexico sturgeon Acipenser oxyrhynchus De sotoi in Suwannee River, Florida. Florida Marine Research Publication 16:1-32. Kallemeyn, L. 1983. Status of the pallid sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus albus. Fisheries. Volume 8(1)3-9. Legeza, M. I. 1971. Features of biology of the Caspian sturgeons (Fam. Acipenseridae) and their use in the propagation of stocks. Journal of Ichthyology 11:354-362. Murawski, S. A., and A. L. Pacheco. 1977. Biological and fisheries data on Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser oxvrhynchus (Mitchill). National Marine Fisheries Service Technical Report 10, Highlands, New Jersey, USA. Pavlov, A. V., and G. A. Yelizarov. 1969. Study of the biology of the Volga sturgeon by mass tagging. Problems of Ichthyology 9:363-374. Priegel, G. R., and T. L. Wirth. 1971. The lake sturgeon - its life history, ecology, and management. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Publication 240. Rafinesque, C. S. 1817. Addition to the observations on the sturgeons of North America. American Monthly Magazine 1 :288. Schneberger, E. 1949. Rock sturgeon (lake sturgeon, red sturgeon) (Acipenser rubicundus). Wisconsin Conservation Bulletin 14:26. Schneberger, E., and L. Woodbury. 1946. The lake sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens Rafinesque, in Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin. Reprinted from the Transactions of Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters 36:131-140. Usynin, V. F. 1978. The biology of the Chulym River sterlet, Acipenser ruthenus. Journal of Ichthyology 18:544-555. Van Costen, J. 1956. The lake sturgeon. Pages 9 and 10 in Our Endangered Wildlife, National Wildlife Federation, Washington, D.C., USA. 6 Williams, J. E., and H. J. Vondett. 1962. The lake sturgeon, Michigan's largest fish. Michigan Department of Conservation, Fish Division Pamphlet 35, Lansing, Michigan, USA. Williams, J.E. 1951. The lake sturgeon. Michigan Conservation 20:15-18. Reproduction Badenko, L. V., G. G. Korniyenko, V. P. Chikhacheva, and L. A. Altukhova. 1981. Methods for evaluating the quality of sturgeon spawners (as exemplified in the sevryuga, Acipenser stellatus) from the Kuban River. Journal of Ichthyology 21:96-103 Igumnova, L. V., and T. A. Detlaf. 1983. The time pattern of maturation of the sevryuga, Acipenser stellatus (Acipenseridae). from the Volga spawning population. Journal of Ichthyology 23:62-67. Khoroshko, P. N. 1972. The amount of water in the Volga Basin and its effect on the reproduction of sturgeons (Acipenseridae) under conditions of normal and regulated discharge. Journal of Ichthyology 12:608-616. Khoroshko, P. N., and A. D. Vlasenko. 1970. Artificial spawning grounds of sturgeon. Journal of Ichthyology 10:286-292. Khoroshko, P. N. 1973. Sturgeon reproduction in the Volga Basin. Hydrobiology Journal 9:27-33. Kohlhorst, D. W. 1976. Sturgeon spawning in the Sacramento River in 1973, as determined by distribution of larvae. California Fish and Game 62:32-40. Roussow, G. 1957. Some considerations concerning sturgeon spawning periodicity. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 14:553-572. Shilov, V. I. 1968. Breeding of sturgeon above the Volgograd Power Station in 1966. Problems of Ichthyology 8:876-878. Shilov, V. I., Yu. K.
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