Biology, Conservation and Sustainable Development of Sturgeons

Abstract

Taxonomy and Biogeography.- The Regression of Sturgeons in Southern Europe.- Analysis of Mitochondrial and Nuclear DNA Markers in Old Museum Sturgeons Yield Insights About the Species Existing in Western Europe: A. sturio, A. naccarii and A. oxyrinchus.- Morphological and Morphometric Characters in Sturgeon Taxonomy and Phylogeny.- Molecular Markers and the Study of Phylogeny and Genetic Diversity in North American Sturgeons and Paddlefish.- Forensic Strategies Used for DNA Extraction of Ancient and Degraded Museum Sturgeon Specimens.- Mechanisms of Polyploid Evolution in Fish: Polyploidy in Sturgeons.- Biology and Aquaculture.- Histological, Histochemical and Ultrastructural Changes in the Digestive Tract of Sturgeon Acipenser naccarii During Early Ontogeny.- The Developmental Anatomy of the Heart of the Sturgeon Acipenser naccarii.- Observations on the Brain Development of the Sturgeon Acipenser naccarii.- Hormonal Induction of Ovulation In Vitro in Sturgeon Fishes.- Dispermic Androgenesis as a Method for Recovery of Endangered Sturgeon Species.- Influence of Temperature on the Sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus L.) Ovarian Follicles State.- On Nutrition and Feeding Studies as the Basis for the Culture of Different Sturgeon Species.- Recovery and Conservation.- Restoration of Adriatic Sturgeon (Acipenser naccarii) in Italy: Situation and Perspectives.- Acipenser sturio Recovery Research Actions in France.- Conservation of the Sturgeon Fish in Lower Volga.- Experience of Conservation of Acipenser naccarii in the Ticino River Park (Northern Italy).- Identification of Sturgeon Caviar Using DNA Markers.- International Trade in Caviar and Business Perspectives in Russia.- The Ecological Problems of Introduction and Reintroduction of Sturgeons.- Hydrological and Production Characteristics of the Main Basins for Reproduction and Fattening of Sturgeons.- Towards the Definition of Optimal Size-Weight Standards of Hatchery-Reared Sturgeon Fry for Restoration.- Acceptability and Prerequisites for the Successful Introduction of Sturgeon Species.- Prerequisites for the Restoration of the European Atlantic Sturgeon, Acipenser sturio and the Baltic Sturgeon (A. oxyrinchus x A. sturio) in Germany.- Sturgeon Recovery Plan in the Rhone River (France): Preliminary Results on Species Determination and Habitat Suitability.- Main Steps and Proposals for a Recovery Plan of Sturgeon in the Guadalquivir River (Spain).