Assessing Potential Spawning and Nursery Habitat Availability in the River Rhine for the Critically Endangered European Sturgeon
Niels W P Brevé, Debora A J van Dieren, Marc Weeber, Erik Mosselman, Leopold A J Nagelkerke, AlberTinka J Murk, Anthonie D Buijse · 2024
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Description
Niels Brevé and co-authors published this habitat study in 2024 on the European sturgeon, a critically endangered fish. Bringing it back to the Rhine needs proof the river still offers spawning and nursery ground. The team reviewed the fish's needs, then modeled depth and flow over more than 350 kilometers of the delta and lower Rhine, in two lands.
Prime spawning ground came to just 0.75 square kilometers, enough for about 2,500 females. That is ample, since at most 750 adults of the fish are thought to live. Most spawning ground sits in Germany's North Rhine-Westphalia, and most nursery ground in the Netherlands. Dams and shipping lanes cut the true supply. The authors say the map can guide where to guard or restore habitat, and the method can travel to other rivers.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Niels W P Brevé, Debora A J van Dieren, Marc Weeber, Erik Mosselman, Leopold A J Nagelkerke, AlberTinka J Murk, Anthonie D Buijse |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 41 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |