Synopsis of Biological Data on Shortnose Sturgeon, Acipenser brevirostrum LeSueur 1818

Information on the biology and populations of the shortnose sturgeon, Acipenser brevirostrum, is complied, reviewed, and analyzed in the FAO species synopsis style. New information indicates this species exhibitsbiological and life-cycle differences over its north-south latitudinal range and that it is more abundant than previously thought

Publisher - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)

Subjects - Fish, Shortnose Sturgeon, Acipenser brevirostrum

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Citation: Dadswell MJ, Taubert BD, Squiers TS, Marchette D, Buckley J. 1984. Synopsis of Biological Data on Shortnose Sturgeon, Acipenser brevirostrum LeSueur 1818. Washington (DC): National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS); Technical Report NMFS-14, FAO Fisheries synopsis No. 140. 45 pp