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Observations of survival and hatch of developing pallid sturgeon embryos in relation to experimental substrate and sediment cover

February 1, 2023

This dataset documents the number of normally developed hatched free embryos, abnormally developed hatched free embryos, and viable unhatched embryos from two laboratory trials (shovelnose sturgeon during April and pallid sturgeon during May 2016) in substrate conditions designed to simulate potential fates within a dynamic riverine environment. Trials were performed with substrate treatments that consisted of clean glass (control), gravel, medium-coarse sand, and fine sand-silt. Medium-coarse sand and fine sand-silt substrates were each tested three ways: unburied, partially buried, and fully buried (1–2 millimeter depth). Pallid sturgeon and shovelnose sturgeon embryos were exposed to trial conditions from the day of fertilization until day 10 of incubation.

Publication Year 2023
Title Observations of survival and hatch of developing pallid sturgeon embryos in relation to experimental substrate and sediment cover
DOI 10.5066/P919LDSY
Authors Kimberly A Chojnacki, Amy E George, Marlene J Dodson, Aaron J Delonay
Product Type Data Release
Record Source USGS Asset Identifier Service (AIS)
USGS Organization Columbia Environmental Research Center
Rights This work is marked with CC0 1.0 Universal
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