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Species and Subject Index* Species and subject index* 12SrDNA(mitochondrialgene) 141-144 life history 324-328, 331-332, 348-353 Acipenser gueldenstaedtii (Russian sturgeon) I6S rDNA(mitochondrial gene) 141-144 in MerrimackRiver 324-325 208, 220 I8SrDNA(nucleargene) 141-142, 146 migration323-325,328-330,349, in the Caspian Sea 209, 214 Acipenser 351-353 in the Danube River 185,193, 208 biogeography 41, 43, 128, 158, 169, palatquadrate shape 47 fishery 193,210,214 174 inthe PeeDeeRiver 323, 330 reproduction 214–215 in the Caspian Sea 215-216 phylogeny 45 status 203, 206 feedingadaptations 119 population size321-323, 330 taxonomy 158 fossil forms 174 in the Potomac River 322 in the Volga River 209, 214–215 locomotion adaptation 121 predation on 331 Acipenser kikuchii (=A. sinensis), taxonomy molecular phylogeny 147-148 quadratojugal bone 47 159 molecular variation in 159 reproduction 324-327, 352-353 Acipenser medirostris (green sturgeon) morphological characters 78, 81, 83, in the Saint John River 322, 324-325, fishery 412 86-7.89-91.93.95-6,99, 101, 104, 331 spawning rivers169 106-7,114-6 inthe Santee-Cooper River323-324 systematics 41 osteological methods 77 in the Savannah River 322-324, 330 taxonomy158 -159 phylogeny 43, 64, 116, 128, 145, spawning 324-326, 328-331, 350, 352 in the Tumnin River 158 147-149, 171, 180 status 319,322,356 Acipensermikadoi (Sakhalin sturgeon) 406 polyploidy in 136 stocking 323 in the Amur River 231–232 range31 inthe SusquehannaRiver 322 spawningrivers 169 rostralexpansion 120 taxonomy 159 systematics41 speciation 128, 148 Acipenser dabryanus (Dabry’s sturgeon) taxonomy 158 systematics 26, 39, 41-44, 147 artificial reproduction 262 Acipenser multiscutatus (=A. schrenckii), taxonomy157-160,386-388 biogeography257–258 taxonomy 159 Acipenser baerii (Siberian sturgeon) 43, 223, compared to Acipenser sinensis 259 Acipenser naccarii (Adriatic sturgeon), 230 distribution 259 taxonomy 160 anthropogenic impacts 221 fishery 262 Acipenser nudiventris (ship sturgeon) 208 fishery 226-227 natural history 259-262 in the Aral Sea 378 naturalhistory 180,221-228 status258,433 dams, impact of 374 andpollution227 taxonomy 158,257 in the Danube River 185, 196–197 status 226 in the Yangtze River 177, 180,246, fishery 197 taxonomy 158,225-226 253,257-263, 433 natural history 196, 378 Acipenser brevirostrum (shortnose sturgeon) Acipenser fulvescens (lake sturgeon) 43 status39, 199–197,203,373 43, 184 anthropogenic impacts 303-304, taxonomy 158 andAcipenseroxyrinchus356-357 303-305 Acipenseroxyrinchus (American Atlantic inAltamaha River 322-323,331 biogeography181,300–303,311 sturgeon) 35, 43, 184, 310, 384 artificialreproduction323 conservation recommendations 316 and Acipenser brevirostrum 356–357 inAtlantic CoastalRivers319 dams, impact of 303 and Acipenser sturio 386 biogeography319-320 distribution 299–301 anthropogenicimpacts339-341 inthe Cape FearRiver 322-323 fishery302 -303.307 -308,313-316. artificialreproduction 343–345 inChesapeake Bay 322 412 biogeography 181,336 in the Connecticut River 318,321, genetics 301-302, 308,386,389-390 fishery 338- 343,411 324-325,329-330 habitat 303 genetics 336,386-387,393-394 dams, impact on 318, 323-324, in Manitoba 307 in the Hudson River 347–357 328-329 in the Menominee River 31 1–316 natural history 336–338, 345, 354-356 in Delaware River 322, 325, 330 in Ontario 307 population structures 337 feeding 327, 351, 353 population status305–308, 313–316 in the Saint John River 340 fishery332 in Quebec 305,308 in the St. Lawrence River 310,340, freshwater amphidromy 178 spawning 180 384 growth 324,350,352–353 status 305–309 Status 335, 340, 347-348,356 habitat327–328 stockidentification388-390 inthe Suwannee River345 in the Hudson River 220,321,324, taxonomy 159 taxonomy 159,386 347-357 Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi (Gulf sturgeon) * Prepared by Alice G. Klingener, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, U.S.A. 438 fishery 340 natural history 361-367 phylogeny 51-53, 171 Gulf Sturgeon Recovery/Management restoration 367 systematics 50-53 Plan 343 in the Rioni River 359,365 Actinopterygii mtDNAvariation391 status 203, 359, 361, 364-365, 367 morphological characters 46-49, 52, 58 natural history 336-338 taxonomy 154, 159 phylogeny 32 pollution341 Acipenser transmontanus (white sturgeon) systematics 33 status 336, 343,394, 412 43,406 Alabama sturgeon see Scaphirhynchus stock identification 390-391 caviar poaching 423-426 suttkusi taxonomy 159,386 in the Columbia River 390,413-414 Alabama River 418-419 Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus (Atlantic fishery 411,414 Alazeya River, Acipenser baerii in 225 sturgeon) 159,336,386 in the Fraser River 390 Altamaha River Acipenser persicus (Persian sturgeon) 220 gametogenesis 269-271 Acipenserbrevirostrun in322-323, in the Caspian Sea 209 hormones and reproduction 275 330 taxonomy158 mtDNAgenome386 dams329 Acipenser ruthenus (sterlet) 39, 43,72 natural history 179, 265–276 American shovelnose sturgeons see inthe AmurRiver 231-232 neurendocrine control of reproduction Scaphirhynchus pp. intheDanubeRiver 185, 192-195 273–275 Amia fishery195 stockidentification 389-390 morphologicalcharacters52,86-87, natural history 169, 177,195 taxonomy 159 90,93 spawningrivers 169 Acipenseridae as outgroup 142 status 195 anatomical studies of 39 variation in 29 systematics41 benthicadaptation 118-121 Amiidae (bowfins),systematics33 taxonomy41, 158 biogeography118, 179 amphidromy 177-178,323 Acipenser schrenckii (Amur sturgeon) 156, in the Black Sea 201,205 ampullary bones 107 240 in the Caspian Sea Basin 216-217 ampullary organs 64, 121 inthe AmurRiver 231-232, 244 characteristics and extinction status Amu-Darya River fishery231-232,237 356 Acipensernudiventris in 378 natural history 236-237,244-245, cladistic analysis 41,74, 116-123 anthropogenic impacts 374-375, 377 250-251 evolutionary interrelationships 74,76, dams 374 status232,237,253 122-124 Pseudoscaphirhynchus in44-45 taxonomy 158–159 fossil history 26 Amur River Acipensersinensis (Chinesesturgeon)241, morphological characters 50-52, Acipenser schrenckii in 128, 156, 158, 243 54-58,77-116 177, 231-238, 240, 244-245, conservation efforts 253 naturalhistory 119,407-409 248-250 natural history 248-252 osteological studies 46-58, 77-116 conservation efforts in 245-246 taxonomy 158 paedomorphosis 118, 122-123 dams 250-251 inthe Yangtze River 158,177,251-253pectoral fin spines of 121 fishery 41, 232-232,245 Acipenser spp. pelvic finorigination 50 geography 233-234,244 in the Hudson River 356 peramorphy 122-123 Huso dauricus in 128,231–238 status 400 phylogeny64–65,74, 116-124, 128, Huso spp. in 180 taxonomy 158-160 137-139, 149, 171 relict fauna 19 Acipenserstellatus (stellatesturgeon)208 primitive condition 75 spawning in 234-236, 245 biogeography 180 reproduction 408–409 sturgeons in 231-232 in the Caspian Sea 209,214 respiratoryadaptation120 anadromy 61, 177-180 in the Danube River 185, 195-196,203 rostral expansion120 -121 see also under natural history of fishery 196,210,213-214 soft-tissuecharacters 77 individual taxa naturalhistory 196,213 synapomorphy 46 anamestic bones 83, 101, 114, 123 status 196, 203 systematics 17-18, 26-45, 64-65, 74 Androscoggin River, dams 340 stockidentification389-390 Acipenseriformes anteriorceratohyalbone92 taxonomy 158 biogeography 34,62–63 anthropogenic impacts 409,411 inthe Ural River213 cladistic studies28,45-48 Acipenser baerii 221 inthe VolgaRiver209, 213 fossil history26-39, 179-180 Acipenser brevirostrum 322 Acipenser srurio (European Atlantic molecular analysis 144, 385-396, Acipenser fulvescens 303-305 sturgeon) 43, 184,364 421-422 bycatch 322, 332, 339 anthropogenic impacts 360, 364, 366 morphological characters 46-58 Central Asia 44 artificial reproduction 361-363, osteology32,46-58 comb jellyfish invasion 206 365-367 phylogeny 26, 29, 33-34,45-48, dams 191, 209, 251, 263, 322, 340, biogeography180-181 122-123,127-133,144,171 348, 360, 364, 409, 412-413, in the Danube River 185,203 reproduction 265 418-421, 427, 433 distribution359-361 systematics 25–45, 47 in the Danube region 203-204 fishery364 taxonomy 64 deforestation 203 inFrance 359-367 Acipenserinae,jaws 119 dredging 322, 331 geneticvariation 387 Acipenseroidei eutrophication in the Black Sea 205 in the Gironde River 359, 363-364 morphological characters 46, 51-53, 55 gravel excavation 204, 360 439 hypoxia 206 of Pseudoscaphirhynchus 123 feeding adaptations 119 irrigation 204,374,409 scales 119, 121 locomotion adaptation 121 oil fields 433 of Scaphirhynchus 123 morphological characters 46-52, overfishing 262-263, 340, 360, 409, benthophagy, evolution of 59 54-55, 58, 78, 83, 85-87, 89-93, 427 Berg, L. S., career of 15-20 101-104, 107, 115-116 pesticides in the Caspian Sea 216 bester 72 systematics 35 poaching 216, 322, 332, 396, 409, biofiltration, in the Danube Delta 204 †Chondrosteusacipenseroides35 423-426 biogeography 19, 34, 167-181, 174-175 †Chondrosteushindenbergii35 pollution 204-205, 215-216, 227, Acipenser 41, 43, 128,158 chromosomes see karyotype 262-263, 322, 340-341, 364, 366, Acipenser brevirostrum 3 19-320 circumorbital bones 114 374-375, 377, 396, 409, 427 Acipenser fulvescens 300-303, 311 CITES (Convention onInternational Trade in Polyodon spathula279, 282-287 of fossil forms 171-174, 179 Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and and population vulnerability 399, 427 and phylogenetic analysis 62-63, 149 Flora) 429, 433 Scaphirhynchusplatorynchus 296 see also biogeography; natural history cladistic characters see morphological sea levels in the Caspian 216 under individual taxa: † characters under individual
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