Open-File Report 2012–1009
AbstractThe Comprehensive Sturgeon Research Project is a multiyear, multiagency collaborative research framework developed to provide information to support pallid sturgeon recovery and Missouri River management decisions. The project strategy integrates field and laboratory studies of sturgeon reproductive ecology, early life history, habitat requirements, and physiology. The project scope of work is developed annually with cooperating research partners and in collaboration with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Missouri River Recovery—Integrated Science Program. The research consists of several interdependent and complementary tasks that engage multiple disciplines. The research tasks in the 2010 scope of work primarily address spawning as a probable factor limiting pallid sturgeon survival and recovery, although limited pilot studies also have been initiated to examine the requirements of early life stages. The research is designed to inform management decisions affecting channel re-engineering, flow modification, and pallid sturgeon population augmentation on the Missouri River, and throughout the range of the species. Research and progress made through this project are reported to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers annually. This annual report details the research effort and progress made by the Comprehensive Sturgeon Research Project during 2010. |
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DeLonay, A.J., Jacobson, R. B., Papoulias, D.M., Wildhaber M.L., Chojnacki, K.A., Pherigo, E.K., Haas, J.D., and Mestl, G.E., 2012, Ecological requirements for pallid sturgeon reproduction and recruitment in the Lower Missouri River: Annual report 2010: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012–1009, 51 p.
Acknowledgments
Abstract
Introduction
Scope of Work
Hydroclimatic Conditions During 2010 Field Work
Accomplishments and Products
Future Research into Reproductive Ecology of Missouri River Pallid Sturgeon
Detailed Research Task Activities and Progress
Incremental Progress in Understanding Pallid Sturgeon Reproduction and Survival
References Cited