Spawning and Associated Movement Patterns of Gulf Sturgeon in the Pascagoula River Drainage, Mississippi

References

• Bailey , R. M. and Cross , F. B. 1954 . River sturgeons of the American genus Scaphirhynchus: characters, distribution, and synonymy . Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters , 39 : 168 – 208 .
   Google Scholar
• Bath , D. W. , O'Connor , J. M. , Alber , J. B. and Arvidson , L. G. 1981 . Development and identification of larval Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrhynchus) and shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) from the Hudson River Estuary, New York , Copeia 1981:711–717
   Google Scholar
• Carr , S. H. , Tatman , F. and Chapman , F. A. 1996 . Observations on the natural history of the Gulf of Mexico sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi, Vladykov 1955) in the Suwannee River, southeastern United States . Ecology of Freshwater Fish , 5 : 169 – 174 .
   Google Scholar
• Chapman , F. A. and Carr , S. H. 1995 . Implications of early life stages in the natural history of the Gulf of Mexico sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi . Environmental Biology of Fishes , 43 : 407 – 413 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chapman , F. A. , Hartless , C. S. and Carr , S. H. 1997 . Population size estimates of sturgeon in the Suwannee River, Florida, USA . Gulf of Mexico Science , 15 : 88 – 91 .
   Google Scholar
• Clugston , J. P. , Foster , A. M. and Carr , S. H. Gulf sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi, in the Suwannee River, Florida, USA . Proceedings of the second international symposium on sturgeon VNIRO Publishing, Moscow . Edited by: Gershanovich , A. D. and Smith , T. I. J. pp. 215 – 224 .
   Google Scholar
• Craft , N. M. , Russell , B. and Travis , S. 2001 . Identification of Gulf sturgeon spawning habitats and migratory patterns in the Yellow and Escambia River systems , Final Report Milton : Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Florida Marine Research Institute, and Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission .
   Google Scholar
• Dynesius , M. and Nilsson , C. 1994 . Fragmentation and flow regulation of river systems in the northern third of the world . Science , 266 : 753 – 762 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Foster , A. M. and Clugston , J. P. 1997 . Seasonal migration of Gulf sturgeon in the Suwannee River, Florida . Transactions of the American Fisheries Society , 126 : 302 – 308 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fox , D. A. , Hightower , J. E. and Parauka , F. M. 2000 . Gulf sturgeon migration and habitat in the Choctawhatchee River system, Alabama−Florida . Transactions of the American Fisheries Society , 129 : 811 – 826 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gilbert , C. R. 1989 . Species profiles: life histories and environmental requirements of coastal fishes and invertebrates (mid-Atlantic Bight): Atlantic and shortnose sturgeons , U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Report 82(11)
   Google Scholar
• Huff , J. A. 1975 . Life history of Gulf of Mexico sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi in the Suwannee River, Florida. Florida Department of Natural Resources, Marine Resources Publication 16 St. Pettersburg
   Google Scholar
• Ingram , R. P. 2000 . The use of historical aerial imagery to assess the geomorphic effects of gravel mining on the Bouie River, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Senior thesis Hattiesburg : University of Southern Mississippi .
   Google Scholar
• Li , Z. and Meylan , M. A. 1994 . Lithostratigraphy and petrology of Neogene and Pleistocene sedimentary rocks, south-central Mississippi . Transactions of the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies , 44 : 383 – 392 .
   Google Scholar
• Marchant , S. R. and Shutters , M. K. 1996 . Artificial substrates collect Gulf sturgeon eggs . North American Journal of Fisheries Management , 16 : 445 – 457 .
   Google Scholar
• McCabe , G. T. and Beckman , L. G. 1990 . Use of an artificial substrate to collect white sturgeon eggs . California Fish and Game , 76 : 248 – 250 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• MMNS (Mississippi Museum of Natural Science) . 2001 . Endangered Species of Mississippi Jackson : Mississippi Department of Wildlife Fisheries, and Parks Museum of Natural Science .
   Google Scholar
• Morrow , J. V Jr , Kirk , K. P. , Killgore , K. J. , Rogillio , H. and Knight , C. 1998 . Status and recovery potential of Gulf sturgeon in the Pearl River system, Louisiana−Mississippi . North American Journal of Fisheries Management , 18 : 798 – 808 .
   Google Scholar
• NCDC (National Climate Data Center) . 2002 . Climate Division drought data Available: http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/onlineprod/drought/main.html. (February 2002)
   Google Scholar
• Odenkirk , J. S. 1991 . Movements of Gulf of Mexico sturgeon in the Apalachicola River, Florida . Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies , 43 ( 1989 ) : 230 – 238 .
   Google Scholar
• Ross , S. T. 2001 . Inland Fishes of Mississippi Jackson : University Press of Mississippi .
   Google Scholar
• Ross , S. T. , Heise , R. J. , Dugo , M. A. and Slack , W. T. 2001 . Movement and habitat use of the Gulf sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi) in the Pascagoula drainage of Mississippi: year V , Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, Museum Technical Report No. 90 Jackson
   Google Scholar
• Ross , S. T. , Heise , R. J. , Dugo , M. A. , Kreiser , B. R. , Bowen , B. R. and Slack , W. T. 2002 . Movement, spawning sites, habitat use, and genetic structure of the Gulf sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi) in the Pascagoula drainage of Mississippi: year VI , Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, Museum Technical Report No. 98 Jackson
   Google Scholar
• Schaffter , R. G. 1997 . White sturgeon spawning migrations and location of spawning habitat in the Sacramento River, California . California Fish and Game , 83 : 1 – 20 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Stabile , J. , Waldman , J. R. , Parauka , F. and Wirgin , I. 1996 . Stock structure and homing fidelity in Gulf of Mexico sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi) based on restriction fragment length polymorphism and sequence analyses of mitochondrial DNA . Genetics , 144 : 767 – 775 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sulak , K. J. and Clugston , J. P. 1998 . Early life history stages of the Gulf sturgeon in the Suwannee River, Florida . Transactions of the American Fisheries Society , 127 : 758 – 771 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sulak , K. J. and Clugston , J. P. 1999 . Recent advances in the life history of Gulf of Mexico sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi, in the Suwannee River, Florida, USA: a synopsis . Journal of Applied Ichthyology , 15 : 116 – 128 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District . 1968 . Pascagoula River comprehensive basin study , Mobile District, Summary Report Mobile, Alabama : U.S. Army Corps of Engineers .
   Google Scholar
• USFWS (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) . 1992 . Standard operating procedures for sturgeon Panama City, Florida : USFWS, Panama City Field Office .
   Google Scholar
• USFWS (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) . 2001 . Fisheries resources annual report Panama City, Florida : USFWS, Panama City Field Office .
   Google Scholar
• USFWS and GSMFC (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission) . 1995 . Gulf sturgeon recovery plan Atlanta
   Google Scholar
• Waldman , J. R. and Wirgin , I. I. 1998 . Status and restoration options for Atlantic sturgeon in North America . Conservation Biology , 12 : 631 – 638 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wooley , C. M. 1985 . “ Evaluation of morphometric characters used in taxonomic separation of Gulf of Mexico sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrhynchus desotoi ” . In North American sturgeon: developments in environmental biology of fishes, volume 6. Dr Edited by: Binkowski , F. and Doroshov , S. I. 97 – 103 . Dordrecht, Netherlands : W. Junk .
   Google Scholar
• Wooley , C. M. and Crateau , E. J. 1982 . Observations of Gulf of Mexico sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrhynchus desotoi) in the Apalachicola River, Florida . Florida Scientist , 45 : 244 – 248 .
   Google Scholar
• Wooley , C. M. and Crateau , E. J. 1985 . Movement, microhabitat exploitation, and management of Gulf of Mexico sturgeon, Apalachicola River, Florida . North American Journal of Fisheries Management , 5 : 590 – 605 .
   Google Scholar
• Wooley , C. M. , Moon , P. A. and Crateau , E. J. 1982 . A larval Gulf of Mexico sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrhynchus desotoi) from the Apalachicola River, Florida . Northeast Gulf Science , 5 : 57 – 90 .
   Google Scholar