Abstract The complex Danube–Black Sea geoecosystem, created by a unique combination
of integrated biotopes and biocoenoses related forces and counter-forces in time and space …

Despite strict protection of natural populations and CITES restrictions on international trade
of caviar, sturgeons are increasingly at risk of extinction. The latest assessment released in …

The Chinese sturgeon, an important endemism of the Yangtze River, belongs to 'the most
critically endangered group of species' worldwide, with overfishing and habitat destruction …

The success of conservation programs for genetically depleted species is challenging
because survival and adaptive potential are thought to be promoted by genetic factors. Such …

Sturgeons are well known for the delicacy of their eggs, the caviar, one of the most valuable
products on the food market. The high price of caviar led in the past to a severe overharvest …

Habitat loss is a widely recognized contributor to global declines in sturgeon populations yet
habitat remediation has been limited for this highly endangered group of fish. In support of …

The sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus) is one of the 27 sturgeon species and is well-known for its
wide distribution and small body size in comparison to other sturgeons. For assessing the …

China has recently become the leader country for sturgeon aquaculture and caviar
production, deeply changing the traditional geography of this market in few years. As a …

Ninety‐five microsatellite loci were isolated from the output of two Next Generation
Sequencing projects: a genomic Illumina RADS eq and a transcriptomic Roche 454 cDNA …

Since 1996, the Adriatic sturgeon (Acipenser naccarii) has been inscribed on the IUCN Red
List as “Critically Endangered and possibly extinct in the wild”. Nowadays, its survival totally …