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Title Sturgeons and Paddlefish of North America / edited by Greg T.O. LeBreton, F. William H. Beamish and R. Scott McKinley
Published Dordrecht ; London : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [2004]
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Description 1 online resource (xii, 323 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Fish and fisheries series ; 27
Fish and fisheries series ; 27
Contents The decline of the North American species / Inga Saffron -- Native American utilization of sturgeon / Tim E. Holzkamm, Leo G. Waisberg -- Distribution, habitat, and movements / Jennifer A. Wilson, R. Scott McKinley -- Environmental requirements, preferences, and tolerance limits of North American sturgeons / Joseph J. Cech Jr., Serge I. Doroshov -- The ecology and functional morphology of feeding of North American sturgeon and paddlefish / Michael J. Miller -- Sturgeon ecomorphology : a descriptive approach / P. Vecsei, D. Peterson -- Embryology / Jessica A. Bolker -- Swimming and respiration / Stephen J. Peake -- Sturgeon and paddlefish metabolism / Thomas D. Singer, James S. Ballantyne -- Growth, bioenergetics, and age / G.T.O. LeBreton, F.W. (Bill) H. Beamish -- Genetics of North American Acipenseriformes / Michael R. Robinson, Moira M. Ferguson -- Multijurisdictional management of lake sturgeon in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River / Nancy J. Léonard, William W. Taylor, Christopher Goddard -- Conservation / Nancy A. Auer -- Aquaculture / Joel P. Van Eenennaam, Frank A. Chapman, Peter L. Jarvis -- Ensuring the future of sturgeon / Kevin G. Butterworth, Nancy J. Léonard -- Identification key to sturgeons and paddlefish of North America / Martin Hochleithner, Paul Vecsei
Summary Modern North American sturgeons and paddlefish are the result of 100 million years of evolution. Once an integral part of aboriginal culture, their numbers were decimated by overfishing and habitat destruction during the past two centuries
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Paddlefish -- North America.
Sturgeons -- North America.
Form Electronic book
Author Beamish, F. W. H. (Frederick William Henry), 1935-
LeBreton, Greg T. O.
McKinley, R. Scott.
ISBN 1402028326 (Cloth)
1402028334 (electronic bk.)
9781402028328 (Cloth)
9781402028335 (electronic bk.)