Ecological requirements for pallid sturgeon reproduction and recruitment in the Lower Missouri River: Annual report 2010

Open-File Report 2012-1009
Prepared in cooperation with the Missouri River Recovery?Integrated Science Program U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Yankton, South Dakota
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Abstract

The 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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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Ecological requirements for pallid sturgeon reproduction and recruitment in the Lower Missouri River: Annual report 2010
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 2012-1009
DOI 10.3133/ofr20121009
Year Published 2012
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) Columbia Environmental Research Center
Description vii, 51 p.
Time Range Start 2010-01-01
Time Range End 2010-12-31
Country United States
State South Dakota;Nebraska;Iowa;Missouri
Other Geospatial Lower Missouri River
Projection Universal Transverse Mercator
Online Only (Y/N) Y
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