Journal Articles

Here are a variety of Journal Articles written about white sturgeon and other related issues:

Rood, S. B., Hoffman, G. C., Merz, N., Anders, P., Benjankar, R., Burke, M., Egger, G., Polzin, M. L., & Soults, S. (2024). Collateral benefits: River flow normalization for endangered fish enabled riparian rejuvenation. River Research and Applications, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1002/ rra.4255

Earhart ML, Blanchard TS, Morrison PR, Strowbridge N, Penman RJ, Brauner CJ, Schulte PM, Baker DW. 2023. Identification of upper thermal thresholds during development in the endangered Nechako white sturgeon with management implications for a regulated river. ConservPhysiol 11(1): https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coad032

Babey, C. N., N. Gantner, and J. M. Shrimpton. 2023. Investigating patterns and extent of predation of hatchery-reared juvenile Nechako white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) by North American river otter (Lontra canadensis) in the Nechako River, British Columbia, Canada. Canadian Journal of Zoology. https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10.1139/cjz-2022-0148

Williamson, C., Toth, G., and Gantner, N. 2021. Movements of wild-captured juvenile, subadult, and adult White Sturgeon among putative population areas in the Upper Fraser Watershed 1995-2019. NWSRI Technical Report.

Babey, C. N., N. Gantner, C. J. Williamson, I. E. Spendlow, and J. M. Shrimpton. 2020. Evidence of predation of juvenile white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) by North American river otter (Lontra canadensis) in the Nechako River, British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 36(6): 780-784. DOI: 10.1111/jai.14114

Earhart M. et al. 2023. Identification of upper thermal thresholds during development in the endangered Nechako white sturgeon with management implications for a regulated river. Conservation Physiology, Volume 11, Issue 1, 2023, coad032, https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coad032

Philip N. Owens, David J. Gateuille, Ellen L. Petticrew, Barry P. Booth & Todd D. French (2019) Sediment-associated organopollutants, metals and nutrients in the Nechako River, British Columbia: a current study with a synthesis of historical data, Canadian Water Resources Journal / Revue canadienne des ressources hydriques, 44:1, 42-64, DOI: 10.1080/07011784.2018.1531063

Status of White Sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus Richardson, 1863) throughout the species range, threats to survival, and prognosis for the future Authors L. R. Hildebrand, A. Drauch Schreier, K. Leila, S. O. McAdam, J. McLellan, M. J. Parsley, V. L. Paragamian, S.P. Young. First published: December 2016. Journal of Applied Ichthyology.

'Linkages between White Sturgeon Recruitment and Altered Bed Substrates in the Nechako River, Canada'
2005 article by Steve McAdam, Carl Walters, and Craig Nistor

'Habitat partitioning in riverine macrophyte communities'
1996 article by Todd French and Patricia Chambers

'Reducing flows in the Nechako River (British Columbia, Canada): potential response of the macrophyte community'
1997 article by Todd French and Patricia Chambers

Population genetic analysis of white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) in the Fraser River.  C. T. Smith, R. J. Nelson, S. Pollard, E. Rubidge, S. J. McKay, J. Rodzen, B. May, B. Koop (2002). Journal of Applied Ichthyology 18 (4-6), 307–312.