Spawning Potential for Shortnose Sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) in the Penobscot River after Dam Removal: An Acoustic Telemetry and Habitat Suitability Study

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Spawning Potential for Shortnose Sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) in the Penobscot River after Dam Removal: An Acoustic Telemetry and Habitat Suitability Study

By Catherine Johnston 2015 Recipient of Estuaries Section Student Travel Award University of Maine, School of Marine Sciences   The removal of dams on Maine rivers offers the potential to restore fish habitat and significantly affect populations of endangered species such as shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum). Two dams were removed on the Penobscot River in... Read More