Effect of Nutritional Status on the Osmoregulation of Green Sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris)

2015 ◽  
Vol 88 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liran Y. Haller ◽  
Silas S. O. Hung ◽  
Seunghyung Lee ◽  
James G. Fadel ◽  
Jun-Ho Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Green Sturgeon ◽  
Acipenser Medirostris

Migration of green sturgeon, Acipenser medirostris, in the Sacramento River

2008 ◽  
Vol 84 (3) ◽  
pp. 245-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph C. Heublein ◽  
John T. Kelly ◽  
Carlos E. Crocker ◽  
A. Peter Klimley ◽  
Steven T. Lindley
Keyword(s):  
Sacramento River ◽  
Green Sturgeon ◽  
Acipenser Medirostris

Biology, Management, and Protection of North American Sturgeon

2002 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Incubation Temperature ◽  
Larval Survival ◽  
Sampling Time ◽  
White Sturgeon ◽  
Green Sturgeon ◽  
Acipenser Medirostris ◽  
Relative Growth ◽  
Klamath River ◽  
Length Relationship

<em>Abstract.</em>—Gametes of green sturgeon <em>Acipenser medirostris</em> (caught in the Klamath River, California) and farm-reared white sturgeon <em>A. transmontanus</em> were obtained using hormonal induction of ovulation and spermiation. The offspring of one female in each species were reared in the laboratory, to compare their development and growth. Green and white sturgeon embryos had similar rates of development and hatched after 169 h and 176 h, respectively, at incubation temperature 15.7 ± 0.2°C. Embryos of both species exhibited similar holoblastic development and passed through 36 stages characteristic of acipenserids. Green sturgeon fertilization and hatching rates were 41.2% and 28.0%, compared with 95.4% and 82.1% for the white sturgeon. Larval survival to 45 d (metamorphosis) was 93.3% in green and 92.1% in white sturgeon. Newly hatched green sturgeon (length 13.7 ± 0.4 mm, mean ± SD) were larger and less pigmented, compared with white sturgeon. They had large ovoid yolk sacs and did not exhibit pelagic behavior that was observed in white sturgeon. The onset of exogenous feeding in green sturgeon occurred at age 10–15 d and length 24.0 ± 0.5 mm, and metamorphosis was completed at age 45 d and length 74.4 ± 5.9 mm (rearing temperature 18.5 ± 0.2°C). Weight and length of green sturgeon larvae and juveniles were considerably greater than in white sturgeon at each sampling time, but the relative growth rate and weight-length relationship were similar in both species. This suggests an effect of larger egg size and maternal yolk supply on the growth of green sturgeon. We conclude that green sturgeon differs from the white sturgeon in their reproductive strategy and, potentially, reproductive habitat.

scholarly journals Organochlorine and Metal Contaminants in the Blood Plasma of Green Sturgeon Caught in Washington Coastal Estuaries

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Layshock ◽  
Molly Webb ◽  
Olaf Langness ◽  
John Carlos Garza ◽  
Laura Heironimus ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Plasma ◽  
Washington State ◽  
Maturation Stage ◽  
Green Sturgeon ◽  
Acipenser Medirostris ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
The North ◽  
Contaminant Monitoring ◽  
Contaminant Loads ◽  
Sex Maturation

Abstract Non-invasive monitoring was used to evaluate the concentrations of forty contaminants in the blood plasma of the North American Green Sturgeon Acipenser medirostris caught and released from three estuaries in Washington State. The highest contaminant loads were found in fish caught in the most urbanized sites. Few statistical differences were found when evaluating contaminant levels according to sex, maturation stage, or distinct population segments of Green Sturgeon. The results indicate that recent exposure to legacy contaminants was reflected in Green Sturgeon plasma. Aldrin, 4,4-DDE, a-BHC, copper, and selenium were the most frequently detected contaminants. This study also explored the challenges of assessing toxicity in threatened species using non-lethal approaches. There is currently a lack of environmental contaminant monitoring data in estuaries frequented by Green Sturgeon and limited plasma to tissue toxicity correlations.

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