A 14-year investigation of a North American Acipenseriform fish, the paddlefish Polyodon
spathula in the Yellowstone River, Montana, and North Dakota, USA has provided a detailed …

A tenet of the flood pulse concept, the highway analogy, states that the main channel of
large floodplain rivers is used by fishes mainly as a route for gaining access to floodplain …

Asian carps continue to expand their range in North America, necessitating efforts to limit the
spread and establishment of reproducing populations. Mississippi River Lock and Dam 19 is …

Dams have been implicated in the alteration of natural river processes. Quantifying spatial
and temporal movement and passage patterns of large river fishes are critical for …

The extinction of the Chinese paddlefish Psephurus gladius is examined in the context of
transnationalism, technology transfer, and the compressing timescape of human activity, not …

Dams are a conservation threat because they function as barriers to native fish movement;
however, they may prevent the spread of invasive species. Invasive bigheaded carps …

We quantified habitat use, diet, and population characteristics of paddlefish Polyodon
spathula in the lower Alabama River, Alabama, in an effort to determine whether juveniles …

Populations of paddlefish Polyodon spathula have been adversely affected by dams that
can block their movements. Unlike high-head dams that preclude fish passage (unless they …

Paddlefish Polyodon spathula are among the largest and longest lived of the freshwater
fishes (eg, more than 22 m long; 72 kg; 30 years old) and can be distinguished by the …

The round goby (Neogobius melanostomus), native to the Black and Caspian Seas, is one
of the most wide-ranging invasive fishes, having established in much of Europe and North …