Shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum)
Detailed Description
Mr. Kieffer leads/co-leads investigations of migrant sturgeons throughout New England, focusing on the Connecticut, Merrimack, and Piscataqua rivers. He is a member of the Connecticut River Atlantic Salmon Commission, the Gulf of Maine sturgeon research collaboration, and contributes to hydropower relicensing and migration corridor restoration relative to Connecticut River shortnose sturgeon.
Sources/Usage
Public Domain.
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Life History and Migration of Sturgeons in New England Waters
Sturgeons appear in the fossil record as early as the Triassic, 200 million years ago. Although most populations could once tolerate harvesting pressures, most populations have collapsed and nearly all of the 28 species alive today are listed as threatened or endangered. In New England, dams and water regulation challenge population recoveries of the two resident species, the shortnose and...
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Life History and Migration of Sturgeons in New England Waters
Sturgeons appear in the fossil record as early as the Triassic, 200 million years ago. Although most populations could once tolerate harvesting pressures, most populations have collapsed and nearly all of the 28 species alive today are listed as threatened or endangered. In New England, dams and water regulation challenge population recoveries of the two resident species, the shortnose and...