Sturgeons (Order Acipenseriformes) represent an extremely valuable natural resource that is now facing depletion. In the current study we evaluate if the traditional classification in subspecies of Acipenser gueldenstaedtii, Acipenser stellatus and Huso huso, endemic to Ponto-Caspian region is sustained by molecular analysis and if these represent Evolutionary Significant Units (ESUs) that shou...

The anadromous Chinese sturgeon (Acipenser sinensis) is endangered and listed among the first class of protected animals in China. The possible causes for the decline of this species are the effects of synthetic chemicals, and loss of critical habitat. Chinese sturgeon in the Yangtze River have accumulated triphenyltin (TPT) to 31-128 ng/g wet weigh (ww) in liver, which is greater than the conc...

Two sturgeon species, Acipenser ruthenus (Linnaeus, 1758) and baerii (Brandt, 1869), inhabit the Irtysh basin. In 2018, we received some “atypical” specimens of sturgeon, which were similar to A . but had a number pronounced external differences. The hybrids A. × , named “oster”, can sometimes be caught in natural habitats Ob Yenisei rivers. Despite development methods for genetic identificatio...

Title of Dissertation: PERIPHERAL NEURAL CODING STRATEGIES FOR SPECTRAL ANALYSIS AND SOUND SOURCE LOCATION IN THE NON-TELEOST BONY FISH, ACIPENSER FULVESCENS Michaela Meyer, Doctor of Philosophy, 2008 Directed By: Professor Arthur N. Popper, Department of Biology, University of Maryland, CP and Professor Richard R. Fay, Parmly Hearing Institute, Loyola University of Chicago This work is an inve...