Identification and Genetic Diversity of Lake Sturgeon Larvae on Artificial Reefs in the Huron-Erie Corridor

• Main Author: Marranca, Jamie Marie
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: The Research Repository @ WVU 2014
• Subjects: Wildlife conservation; Genetics; Aquatic sciences; Detroit; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/240; https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1243&context=etd

There are 27 species of sturgeon worldwide and most are currently extinct, endangered or threatened. Lake sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens, one of the oldest species on the planet, evolved about 136 million years ago, and have had little morphological change, and are endemic to the freshwater lakes an...