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The first book of its kind to explore this magnificent creature, this collected volume captures many aspects of the remarkable Great Lakes sturgeon, from the mythical to the critically real. Lake sturgeon are sacred to some, impressive to many, and endangered in the Great Lakes. A fish whose ancestry reaches back millions of years and that can live over a century and grow to six feet or more, the Great Lakes lake sturgeon was once considered useless, then overfished nearly to extinction. Though the fish is slowly making a comeback thanks to the awareness-raising efforts of Native Ameri
Lake sturgeon. --- Acipenser fulvescens --- Rock sturgeon --- Acipenser --- Sturgeons. --- Acipenseridae --- Acipenseriformes
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Modern North American sturgeons and paddlefish are the result of 100 million years of evolution. Once an integral part of aboriginal culture, their numbers were decimated by overfishing and habitat destruction during the past two centuries. This book details the extensive science aimed at helping these remarkable species recover from the brink of extinction, and describes the historical, biological, and ecological importance of North American sturgeon and paddlefish. The text is enhanced by photographs and detailed line drawings. This comprehensive volume will be an invaluable resource for researchers, educators, and consultants, in academic and government settings, who work to further scientific understanding of these fishes. No other single compilation has documented current information in such detail.
Sturgeons --- Paddlefish --- Acipenser lagenarius --- Buckbill cat (Fish) --- Duckbill (Fish) --- Mississippi paddlefish --- Platirostra edentula --- Polyodon feuille --- Polyodon folium --- Polyodon spathula --- Proceros maculatus --- Proceros vittatus --- Spatularia reticulata --- Spoonbill (Fish) --- Spoonbill cat (Fish) --- Spoonbill catfish --- Spoonbillcatfish --- Spoonbilled sturgeon --- Squalus spathula --- Acipenseridae --- Polyodon --- Acipenseriformes
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Sturgeons --- Variation. --- Conservation. --- Aquatic biology. --- Nature Conservation. --- Life sciences. --- Freshwater & Marine Ecology. --- Life Sciences, general. --- Aquatic ecology . --- Nature conservation. --- Biosciences --- Sciences, Life --- Science --- Conservation of nature --- Nature --- Nature protection --- Protection of nature --- Conservation of natural resources --- Applied ecology --- Conservation biology --- Endangered ecosystems --- Natural areas --- Aquatic biology --- Ecology --- Conservation --- Acipenseridae --- Acipenseriformes
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Caviar --- Trade --- Commerce --- Endangered species --- Sturgeons --- Acipenseridae --- Acipenseriformes --- Endangered animal species --- Endangered animals --- Endangered wildlife --- Threatened animal species --- Threatened animals --- Threatened species --- Threatened wildlife --- Vanishing species --- Vanishing wildlife --- Wildlife, Endangered --- Wildlife, Threatened --- Wildlife, Vanishing --- Species --- Wildlife conservation --- Rare animals --- Caviare --- Fish as food --- Eggs
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The Marine World is a book for everyone with an interest in the ocean, from the marine biologist or student wanting expert knowledge of a particular group to the naturalist or diver exploring the seashore and beyond.With colour illustrations, line drawings, more than 1,500 colour photographs, and with clear accessible text, this book encompasses all those organisms that live in, on and around the ocean, bringing together in a single text everything from the minuscule to the immense. It includes sections on all but the most obscure marine groups, covering invertebrate phyla from sponges to sea squirts, as well as plants, fungi, bacteria, fish, reptiles, mammals and birds. It incorporates information on identification, distribution, structure, biology, ecology, classification and conservation of each group, addressing the questions of ‘what?’, ‘where?’ and ‘how?’.Today global warming, overfishing, ocean acidification and pollution are just a few of the ever increasing number of threats and challenges faced by ocean life. Without knowledge of the animals, plants and other organisms that live in the marine world, we cannot hope to support or implement successful conservation and management measures, nor truly appreciate the incredible wealth and variety of marine life.The Marine World is the product of a lifetime spent by Frances Dipper happily observing and studying marine organisms the world over. It has been brought to colourful life by a myriad of enthusiastic underwater photographers and by Marc Dando, the renowned natural history illustrator.
Marine ecology. --- Marine sciences. --- Oceanography. --- Acanthaster planci. --- Acanthochaenus luetkenii. --- Acanthurus leucosternon. --- Acipenseriformes. --- Bathymodiolus. --- Bathynomus giganteus. --- Bolbometodon muricatum. --- Brachionus plicatilis. --- Calliactis parasitica. --- Calonectris diomedea. --- Cephalorhynchus commersonii. --- Colossendeis megalonyx. --- Corollospora maritima. --- Dascyllus reticulatus. --- Didemnum vexillum. --- Dugesia subtentaculata. --- Elasmobranchs. --- Entelurus aequoreus. --- Eretmochelys imbricata. --- Erignathus barbatus. --- Feresa attenuata. --- Gaidropsarus mediterraneus. --- Gollum attenuatus. --- Gorgonocephalus caputmedusae. --- Hapalochlaena lunulata. --- Heliopora coerulea. --- Ipmoea pes-caprae. --- Jassa falcata. --- Kajikia albida. --- Katsuwonus pelamis. --- Labidiaster annulatus. --- Lagenorhynchus acutus. --- Latimeria menadoensis. --- Liparometra regalis. --- Mallotus villosus. --- Micromesistius poutassou. --- Narcine brasiliensis. --- Negombata magnifica. --- Neophocaena phocaenoides. --- Omalosecosa ramulosa. --- Ophiopholis aculeata. --- Pachyptila vittata. --- Pagophilus groenlandicus. --- Parablennius gattorugine. --- Polymixiomorpha. --- Pyura spinifera. --- Raja clavata. --- Sanopus splendidus. --- Scotoplanes globosa. --- Seasonal hotspots. --- Sepioteuthis sepioidea. --- Staurocalyptus.
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The book aims at synthesizing our current knowledge of Acipenser sturio and its management. This species, one of the most widespread sturgeon species all over Western Europe ranging from the Black Sea to the Baltic, is now on the verge of extinction. Major aspects of its biology and management, including mismanagement, are provided in a historic perspective. Similarly, the changes in the restoration programs (in situ and ex situ) initiated in France and Germany are presented. As the species occurred in sympatry with Acipenser oxyrinchus in Germany and Poland and very recently in France as well, a brief outlook on restoration-management programs of A. oxyrinchus are also provided for both North America and Northern European countries, namely Germany and Poland. As conservation-restoration actions go beyond scientific issues, non-governmental stakeholders and marine professional fishermen’s organizations have also been asked to contribute, and the key role of a French-German cooperation plan is underlined. A part of the book is devoted to perspectives. Illustrations of the European sturgeon, mainly in photographs, but also in stamps and paintings, are presented.
Acipenser sturio --- Sturgeons --- Atlantic sturgeon --- Sturgeon fisheries --- Sturgeon industry --- Zoology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Vertebrates --- Zoology - General --- Conservation --- Conservation. --- Acipenseridae --- Life sciences. --- Applied ecology. --- Aquatic ecology. --- Conservation biology. --- Ecology. --- Zoology. --- Wildlife. --- Fish. --- Life Sciences. --- Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management. --- Freshwater & Marine Ecology. --- Conservation Biology/Ecology. --- Applied Ecology. --- Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography. --- Acipenseriformes --- Wildlife management. --- Aquatic biology. --- Biology --- Natural history --- Animals --- Ecology --- Environmental protection --- Nature conservation --- Hydrobiology --- Water biology --- Aquatic sciences --- Animal populations --- Game management --- Management, Game --- Management, Wildlife --- Plant populations --- Wildlife resources --- Natural resources --- Wildlife conservation --- Management --- Aquatic ecology . --- Ecology . --- Animal systematics. --- Animal taxonomy. --- Aquatic biology --- Balance of nature --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Fish --- Pisces --- Aquatic animals --- Fisheries --- Fishing --- Ichthyology --- Animal classification --- Animal systematics --- Animal taxonomy --- Classification --- Systematic zoology --- Systematics (Zoology) --- Taxonomy, Animal --- Zoological classification --- Zoological systematics --- Zoological taxonomy
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While almost every aspect of society-nature interactions can be treated as an environmental security issue, the threats to human societies originating from inadequate freshwater management constitute one of the most wi- spread and pressing problems. For thousands of years rivers and river valleys have been the cradle of human civilizations. Rivers have provided not only food and freshwater, but also shelter and means of transportation, and they are still an essential component in every national and regional economy. In turn, growing needs of human societies, accompanied by growing abilities, have caused significant river alterations and ecosystem changes that have resulted in river contamination, biodiversity loss and general riverine ecosystem degradation. The extinction of sturgeon species is one of the most eloquent examples of the negative and irreversible influence of human society on river e- systems. The sturgeon, sometimes called the “living fossil” or living “dinosaur” of the fish world, is known to have lived since the time of the dinosaurs, for at least 250 million years, and is currently on the verge of extinction solely due to anthropogenic impacts.
Sturgeons --- Fish habitat improvement --- Conservation --- Fishes --- Fishery management --- Stream conservation --- Wildlife habitat improvement --- Acipenseridae --- Acipenseriformes --- Habitat improvement --- Nature Conservation. --- Environmental management. --- Ecology. --- Endangered ecosystems. --- Environmental pollution. --- Environmental sciences. --- Environmental Management. --- Ecosystems. --- Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution. --- Environment, general. --- Environmental science --- Science --- Chemical pollution --- Chemicals --- Contamination of environment --- Environmental pollution --- Pollution --- Contamination (Technology) --- Asbestos abatement --- Bioremediation --- Environmental engineering --- Environmental quality --- Factory and trade waste --- Hazardous waste site remediation --- Hazardous wastes --- In situ remediation --- Lead abatement --- Pollutants --- Refuse and refuse disposal --- Threatened ecosystems --- Biotic communities --- Nature conservation --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Management --- Conservation of nature --- Nature --- Nature protection --- Protection of nature --- Conservation of natural resources --- Applied ecology --- Conservation biology --- Endangered ecosystems --- Natural areas --- Environmental aspects --- Ecology --- Nature conservation. --- Ecology . --- Water pollution. --- Environment. --- Aquatic pollution --- Fresh water --- Fresh water pollution --- Freshwater pollution --- Inland water pollution --- Lake pollution --- Lakes --- Reservoirs --- River pollution --- Rivers --- Stream pollution --- Water contamination --- Water pollutants --- Water pollution --- Waste disposal in rivers, lakes, etc. --- Biocenoses --- Biocoenoses --- Biogeoecology --- Biological communities --- Biomes --- Biotic community ecology --- Communities, Biotic --- Community ecology, Biotic --- Ecological communities --- Ecosystems --- Natural communities
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Sturgeons are considered "living fossils", sharing many morphological and biological features with ancestral fish. Furthermore, sturgeons are of the utmost interest from an economic perspective, not only for the caviar but for flesh, too. However, the wild populations of the majority of the species are at serious risk of extinction all over the world. So, it is urgent to develop strategies for both farming culture and conservation and recovery in natural habitats. This book provides a comprehensive view of the biology and sustainable development of these fish putting emphasis on the Southern Europe autochthonous species such as Acipenser nacarii and Acipenser sturio that share geographical distribution. Other relevant species (such as Huso huso, A. oxyrhinchus, A. ruthenus, A. stellatus) and areas (Germany, Russia, North America) are also considered. The contents are organised in three sections: Taxonomy and Biogeography (including the morphological and genetic analyses that clarify the taxonomy and phylogeny of sturgeons, focused on those from Southern Europe), Biology and Aquaculture (where several aspects of the developmental biology, feeding, and reproduction are considered in relation to the improvement of sturgeon farming), and Recovery and Conservation (that collates and analyses different recovery research actions, the ecology of the rivers for restoration as well as the problems related to the trade of caviar).
Fish culture. --- Fishes. --- Sturgeon fisheries. --- Sturgeons. --- Sustainable fisheries. --- Sturgeons --- Sturgeon fisheries --- Sustainable fisheries --- Fish culture --- Fishes --- Zoology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Vertebrates --- Zoology - General --- Development --- Conservation --- Acipenseridae --- Conservation of fisheries --- Conservation of fishery resources --- Conservation of fishes --- Fish conservation --- Fisheries conservation --- Fishery conservation --- Fishery resources conservation --- Artificial propagation of fishes --- Culture, Fish --- Farming, Fish --- Fish aquaculture --- Fish farming --- Fish husbandry --- Fish rearing --- Pisciculture --- Rearing of fishes --- Fisheries productivity, Maintenance of long-term --- Fishery yields, Sustainable --- Long-term fisheries productivity, Maintenance of --- Maintenance of long-term fisheries productivity --- Sustainable fishery yields --- Development. --- Conservation. --- Culture --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Rearing --- Life sciences. --- Animal ecology. --- Conservation biology. --- Ecology. --- Zoology. --- Wildlife. --- Fish. --- Life Sciences. --- Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management. --- Conservation Biology/Ecology. --- Animal Ecology. --- Animal culture --- Aquaculture --- Fisheries --- Sustainable aquaculture --- Overfishing --- Acipenseriformes --- Wildlife management. --- Biology --- Natural history --- Animals --- Ecology --- Nature conservation --- Animal populations --- Game management --- Management, Game --- Management, Wildlife --- Plant populations --- Wildlife resources --- Natural resources --- Wildlife conservation --- Management --- Ecology . --- Balance of nature --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Fish --- Pisces --- Aquatic animals --- Fishing --- Ichthyology
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