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Population viability analysis and potential of its application to Danube sturgeons

Author(s) -

Ivan Jarić,

Mirjana Lenhardt,

G. Cvijanović,

Torbjörn Ebenhard

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

archives of biological sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217

H-Index - 25

eISSN - 1821-4339

pISSN - 0354-4664

DOI - 10.2298/abs0901123j

Subject(s) - overexploitation , sturgeon , population viability analysis , endangered species , population , fishery , structural basin , habitat , geography , habitat destruction , drainage basin , acipenser , ecology , biology , fish <actinopterygii> , environmental health , cartography , medicine , paleontology

Sturgeon species in the Danube River basin have experienced severe decline. Besides overexploitation, habitat loss, and pollution, they are further endangered by lack of efficient policy and management, as well as by serious lack of knowledge about their life history. Although population viability analysis (PVA) could represent an extremely valuable tool to cope with these problems, it has not so far been applied to Danube populations. This paper represents an assessment of different PVA methods and models developed for sturgeon species. It analyzes their results, main advantages, drawbacks, and problems, and discusses the possibility of applying PVA to sturgeon populations in the Danube River basin

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