Biology and Conservation of the European Sturgeon Acipenser sturio L. 1758

Brief introduction to sturgeon with a special focus on the European sturgeon, Acipenser sturio L. 1758 / P. Williot ... [et al.] -- Cytogenetics as a tool for an exploration of A. sturio status within sturgeons / Francesco Fontana -- Discrimination of Acipenser sturio, Acipenser oxyrinchus and Acipenser naccarii by morphology of bones and osteometry / Nathalie Desse-Berset -- Morphological distinction between juvenile stages of the European sturgeon Acipenser sturio and the Atlantic sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus / Sven Wuertz ... [et al.] -- Ontogeny of the European sturgeon, Acipenser sturio / Frank Kirschbaum and Patrick Williot -- An overview on geographical distribution from past descriptions / G??raldine Lassalle, M. B??guer, and E. Rochard -- Ancient sturgeon populations in France through archaeozoological remains, from prehistoric time until the eighteenth century / Nathalie Desse-Berset -- Palaeogeographic patterns of A. sturio / Olivier Chassaing ... [et al.] -- Sturgeon in Iberia from past to present / Arne Ludwig, Arturo Morales-Mu??iz, and Eufrasia Rosell??-Izquierdo -- Biological cycles and migrations of Acipenser sturio / M.L. Acolas ... [et al.] -- Habitat, movements and feeding of juvenile European sturgeon (Acipenser sturio) in Gironde Estuary / Laurent Brosse, Catherine Taverny, and Mario Lepage -- Characteristics of the reproductive cycle of wild Acipenser sturio / Patrick Williot ... [et al.] -- Sturgeon fishing, landings, and caviar production during the twentieth century in the Garonne Basin and the coastal sea / G??rard Castelnaud -- Historic overview on the status of the European sturgeon (Acipenser sturio) and its fishery in the North Sea and its tributaries with a focus on German waters / J. Gessner, S. Spratte, and F. Kirschbaum -- History of the sturgeon in the Baltic Sea and Lake Ladoga / Ryszard Kolman, Andrzej Kapusta, and Jacek Morzuch -- The historical and contemporary status of the European sturgeon, Acipenser sturio L., in Italy / Paolo Bronzi ... [et al.] -- European sturgeon, Acipenser sturio in Georgia / Ryszard Kolman -- Present legal status of the European sturgeon Acipenser sturio / E. Rochard -- Iconography of the European sturgeon in France / Nathalie Desse-Berset and Patrick Williot -- Historic overview of the European sturgeon Acipenser sturio in France : surveys, regulations, reasons for the decline, conservation, and analysis / Patrick Williot and G??rard Castelnaud -- Restoration of the European sturgeon Acipenser sturio in Germany / Frank Kirschbaum ... [et al.] -- Fishery by-catch of European sturgeon in the Bay of Biscay / M. Lepage and E. Rochard -- Age assessment in European sturgeon / Philippe Jatteau ... [et al.] -- Tagging European and Atlantic sturgeons in Europe / Philippe Jatteau ... [et al.] -- Mass marking in European sturgeon / Philippe Jatteau and Aude Lochet -- Sex determination and staging of gonads / Patrick Williot -- Reproduction of wild brood fish from Garonne Basin / Patrick Williot ... [et al.] -- Preliminary results on larval rearing the European sturgeon, Acipenser sturio / P. Williot ... [et al.] -- Post-release monitoring techniques / M.L. Acolas ... [et al.] -- Modelling the future of stocked fish / E. Rochard and Patrick Lambert -- Building a brood stock of Acipenser sturio in France / Patrick Williot ... [et al.] -- Reproduction of the cultured brood fish / Patrick Williot and Patrick Ch??vre -- Recent progress in larval rearing of the European sturgeon, Acipenser sturio / Patrick Ch??vre ... [et al.] -- Genetic variability of cultured European sturgeon Acipenser sturio / Ralph Tiedemann ... [et al.] -- Sperm cryopreservation in sturgeon with a special focus on A. sturio / ??kos Horv??th, Patrick Ch??vre, and B??la Urb??nyi -- How non-governmental stakeholders have contributed to the conservation programme in France / Didier Moreau -- Why, how and results from an awareness campaign within marine professional fishermen for the protection of large migratory fish, the European sturgeon Acipenser sturio / Nicolas Michelet -- The French-German cooperation : the key issue for the success of the preservation and restoration of the European sturgeon, Acipenser sturio, and its significance for other sturgeon issues / Patrick Williot and Frank Kirschbaum -- Conservation and restoration of Acipenser oxyrinchus in the USA / John Waldman -- Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) fishery management in the St. Lawrence Estuary, Qu??bec, Canada / Guy Verreault and Guy Trencia -- Remediation of Atlantic sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus in the Oder River : background and first results / J??rn Gessner ... [et al.] -- The past and future of sturgeons in Poland : the genetic approach / Ana Stankovi?? -- Re-establishing the Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus Mitchill) in Poland / Ryszard Kolman, Andrzej Kapusta, and Arkadiusz Duda -- Population conservation requires improved understanding of in situ life histories / M.L. Acolas, J. Gessner, and E. Rochard -- Potential effects of forthcoming climate change and biological introductions on the restoration of the European sturgeon / G??raldine Lassalle, M. B??guer, and E. Rochard -- Population viability analysis of the European sturgeon (Acipenser sturio L.) from the Gironde Estuary system / Ivan Jari?? ... [et al.] -- One alternative to germ cells cryopreservation : cryobanking of somatic cells in sturgeon / Catherine Labbe ... [et al.] -- Some ex-situ-related approaches for assessing the biological variability of Acipenser sturio / Patrick Williot -- What is the future for the European sturgeon? / Patrick Williot ... 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