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Electronic Tagging of Green Sturgeon Reveals Population Structure and Movement among Estuaries

Lindley, Steven T., Erickson, Daniel L., Moser, Mary L., Williams, Greg, Langness, Olaf P., McCovey, Barry W., Belchik, Michael, Vogel, Dave +4 more·2011·Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
DOI 10.1080/00028487.2011.557017
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Abstract

Green sturgeon Acipenser medirostris spend much of their lives outside of their natal rivers, but the details of their migrations and habitat use are poorly known, which limits our understanding of how this species might be affected by human activities and habitat degradation. We tagged 355 green sturgeon with acoustic transmitters on their spawning grounds and in known nonspawning aggregation sites and examined their movement among these sites and other potentially important locations using automated data‐logging hydrophones. We found that green sturgeon inhabit a number of estuarine and coastal sites over the summer, including the Columbia River estuary, Willapa Bay, Grays Harbor, and the estuaries of certain smaller rivers in Oregon, especially the Umpqua River estuary. Green sturgeon from different natal rivers exhibited different patterns of habitat use; most notably, San Francisco Bay was used only by Sacramento River fish, while the Umpqua River estuary was used mostly by fish from the Klamath and Rogue rivers. Earlier work, based on analysis of microsatellite markers, suggested that the Columbia River mixed stock was mainly composed of fish from the Sacramento River, but our results indicate that fish from the Rogue and Klamath River populations frequently use the Columbia River as well. We also found evidence for the existence of migratory contingents within spawning populations. Our findings have significant implications for the management of the threatened Sacramento River population of green sturgeon, which migrates to inland waters outside of California where anthropogenic impacts, including fisheries bycatch and water pollution, may be a concern. Our results also illustrate the utility of acoustic tracking to elucidate the migratory behavior of animals that are otherwise difficult to observe.

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Lindley, S. T., Erickson, D. L., Moser, M. L., Williams, G., Langness, O. P., McCovey, B. W., Belchik, M., Vogel, D., Pinnix, W., Kelly, J. T., Heublein, J. C., & Klimley, A. P.
Affiliations
  • NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (US)
  • Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (US)
  • Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (US)
  • Yurok Tribal Fisheries Program Highway 96 Weitchpec California 95546 USA
  • Natural Resource Scientists, Inc. Post Office Box 1210 Red Bluff California 96080 USA
  • United States Fish and Wildlife Service (US)
  • United States Geological Survey (US)
  • University of California, Davis (US)
Corresponding author
Lindley, Steven T.
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Venue
Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
2011-02-25
Volume
140
Issue
1
Pages
108-122
ISSN
  • 0002-8487 (ISSN-L)
  • 1548-8659
DOI
10.1080/00028487.2011.557017
OpenAlex
W1929037378
Cited by
43
References
57
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.87
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations
Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (publishedVersion)
Funders
Wildlife Conservation Society
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Marine and fisheries research
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Ichthyology and Marine Biology
Keywords
green sturgeon, Acipenser medirostris, population structure, estuarine habitat use, spawning migration, acoustic telemetry, acoustic tracking, Columbia River estuary, threatened species management, bycatch

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