Long-term trends in abundance and recruitment of Shortnose Sturgeon in the Altamaha River, Georgia

IF 1.8 3区 农林科学 Q2 FISHERIES
Maxwell Kleinhans, Adam G. Fox
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Abstract

Objective

The objective of this study was to estimate the population size and annual recruitment of Shortnose Sturgeon Accipenser brevirostrum in the Altamaha River estuary in Georgia, United States, during an 11-year period. The Shortnose Sturgeon is an endangered fish species that occupies rivers on the east coast of North America. Previous studies have suggested that the Altamaha River supports the largest population of Shortnose Sturgeon in the southern United States; however, the status of the population has not been assessed in 11 years.

Methods

We used entanglement gears to capture Shortnose Sturgeon in the Altamaha River estuary, marked them, and used an established statistical method (closed-population capture–mark–recapture models) to annually estimate total population size and age-1 recruitment from 2012 to 2022.

Result

We were able to estimate the size of age-1 cohorts in 7 of the 11 years of data collection. Point estimates of annual age-1 recruitment varied between 113 and 1021 individuals, and total population size varied between 452 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 116–2277) and 5054 individuals (95% CI: 2155–13,267).

Conclusion

Recruitment of age-1 juveniles was variable, suggesting that reproduction success is inconsistent between years in the Altamaha River. The results of this study, in combination with previous work, do not show any clear trends in Altamaha River Shortnose Sturgeon population abundance or recruitment. The population seems to be stable, but in the absence of historical population numbers, it is unclear whether the population should be considered recovered or is stagnated in its recovery.

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佐治亚州阿尔塔玛哈河短吻鲟的丰度和招募的长期趋势
目标 本研究旨在估算美国佐治亚州阿尔塔玛哈河河口 11 年间短吻鲟 Accipenser brevirostrum 的种群数量和年繁殖量。短吻鲟是北美东海岸河流中的濒危鱼类。以前的研究表明,阿尔塔玛哈河拥有美国南部最大的短吻鲟种群;但该种群的状况已有 11 年未进行评估。 方法 我们使用缠网渔具在阿尔塔玛哈河河口捕获短吻鲟,对其进行标记,并使用成熟的统计方法(封闭种群捕获-标记-再捕获模型)对 2012 年至 2022 年期间的总种群数量和 1 龄种群招募情况进行年度估算。 结果 在收集数据的 11 年中,我们有 7 年能够估算出 1 龄群的规模。每年 1 龄幼体招募量的点估计值介于 113 与 1021 之间,总种群数量介于 452(95% 置信区间 [CI]:116-2277)与 5054(95% 置信区间:2155-13267)之间。 结论 1 龄幼鱼的招募情况不一,表明阿尔塔玛哈河不同年份的繁殖成功率不一致。本研究结果与之前的研究结果相结合,并未显示出阿尔塔玛哈河短吻鲟种群丰度或招募的明显趋势。该种群似乎保持稳定,但在缺乏历史种群数量的情况下,尚不清楚该种群是否应被视为已经恢复或恢复停滞。
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Marine and Coastal Fisheries
Marine and Coastal Fisheries FISHERIES-MARINE & FRESHWATER BIOLOGY
CiteScore
3.40
自引率
5.90%
发文量
40
审稿时长
>12 weeks
期刊介绍: Marine and Coastal Fisheries: Dynamics, Management, and Ecosystem Science publishes original and innovative research that synthesizes information on biological organization across spatial and temporal scales to promote ecologically sound fisheries science and management. This open-access, online journal published by the American Fisheries Society provides an international venue for studies of marine, coastal, and estuarine fisheries, with emphasis on species'' performance and responses to perturbations in their environment, and promotes the development of ecosystem-based fisheries science and management.
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