| the annual marine feeding aggregation of atlantic sturgeon acipenser oxyrinchus in the inner bay of fundy: population characteristics and movement. | atlantic sturgeon acipenser oxyrinchus aggregate to feed from may to october in minas basin (45° n; 64° w), a large, cul-de-sac embayment of the inner bay of fundy. the aggregation consists mainly of migrants from the saint john, nb and kennebec rivers, me (99%). during 2004-2015, 4393 a. oxyrinchus were taken as by-catch by commercial fish trawlers or at intertidal fishing weirs, and 1453 were marked and/or sampled and released. fork length (lf) ranged from 458 to 2670 mm, but 72·5% were <1500 ... | 2016 | 27506928 |
| oceanic distribution, behaviour, and a winter aggregation area of adult atlantic sturgeon, acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus, in the bay of fundy, canada. | seasonal distribution of adult atlantic sturgeon was examined using pop-up satellite archival tags (psats) and ultrasonic transmitters deployed in the saint john river, new brunswick, canada. seven mk10 psats programmed for release in june 2012 and seven minipat psats programmed for release in february and april 2013 were deployed in august 2011 and 2012, respectively. eleven of 14 psats surfaced and transmitted depth and temperature data archived for the duration of their deployment (121-302 da ... | 2016 | 27043209 |