It’s raining sturgeons: a likely occurrence of avian predation or scavenging of Atlantic Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchell, 1815)

• Main Authors: Hilton, Eric J., McGrath, Patrick E.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: W&M ScholarWorks 2021
• Subjects: Fisheries Science Peer-Reviewed Articles; Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology; York River; osprey; Pandion haliaetus
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsarticles/2080; https://scholarworks.wm.edu/context/vimsarticles/article/3081/viewcontent/Fish_McGrath.pdf

Predation on the federally-endangered Atlantic Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus), and sturgeons generally is understudied. Most predation is presumed to occur on eggs and larvae, and bethe result of interactions with other aquatic organisms, primarily other fishes. Predation on larger juvenile sturgeo...