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19. Status and Genetic Character of Atlantic Sturgeon in the Satilla River, Georgia.

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Fritts, Mark W., Grunwald, Cheryl, Wirgin, Isaac, King, Tim L., and Peterson, Douglas L.

Abstract

The Atlantic SturgeonAcipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchusis an important component of biodiversity along the Atlantic coast of North America, but most populations have been decimated by habitat degradation and chronic overfishing. Historically, spawning populations existed in all major Atlantic coast rivers from the St. Lawrence River, Quebec, to the St. Johns River, Florida, but fisheries surveys conducted in the past two decades suggest that several populations at the southern extent of this range are now extirpated or have declined to remnant status. Our objective was to assess the abundance and genetic character of Atlantic Sturgeon in the Satilla River, Georgia. Using entanglement gears, we expended over 2,800 h of sampling effort and captured a total of 193 Atlantic Sturgeon in tidally influenced reaches of the river during 2008–2010. Of the 157 fish that were collected in 2010, 72 were identified as river-resident juveniles (ages 0–1). Genetic analyses of a subset (n= 61) of these juveniles revealed (1) depauperate levels of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplotype diversity and (2) the presence of large family units based on microsatellite DNA multilocus genotypes, collectively suggesting that very few parents produced the 2008 year-class. The mtDNA and microsatellite analyses both indicated that juveniles in the Satilla River population were genetically distinct from other populations in the South Atlantic Distinct Population Segment. Atlantic Sturgeon life history characteristics and the present results suggest that sampled juveniles from the 2008 year-class were the offspring of a small remnant pool of Satilla River adults; however, a full description of the population's genetic character and origin will require additional juvenile samples from future year-classes. Received May 15, 2015; accepted September 9, 2015 [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Published
2016
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28. Sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus: an exception to the rule of homing in anadromous fishes.

Author

Waldman, John, Grunwald, Cheryl, and Wirgin, Isaac

Subjects
ANADROMOUS fishes, SEA lamprey, FISH life cycles, ANIMAL life cycles, ANIMAL behavior
Abstract

The article discusses the homing behaviour of anadromous fishes. In a study conducted on the sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus, samples were collected from 11 east coast rivers in North America. Results showed that sea lampreys do not home, rather, they exhibit regional panmixia while employing a unique suitable river technique to complete their life cycle.

Published
2008
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