Annotated Bibliography and Subject Index on the 

 Shortnose Sturgeon, Acipenser brevirostrum 



JAMES G. HOFF 1 



ABSTRACT 



A bibliography that consists of 165 references on the classification, distribution, abundance, life 

 history, and ecology of the shortnose sturgeon, Acipenser brevirostrum. Brief annotations and a sub- 

 ject index are included for this rare and endangered species. 



INTRODUCTION 



This bibliography consists of 165 references on the 

 systematics, distribution, life history, and ecology of the 

 shortnose sturgeon, Acipenser brevirostrum LeSueur. 



Arrangement of the references is alphabetical by 

 author's surname. With multiple authors, the entry is 

 made only under the senior author's name. Each author's 

 works are listed chronologically by year of publication 

 and those published in the same year are given 

 alphabetical sequence by title. Anonymous articles are 

 listed by the name of the journal or the originating 

 agency. 



Brief annotations of the contents of the publications 

 that apply to the shortnose sturgeon and its scientific 

 name are given. This annotation is not done to make 

 value judgments of the papers but to give clearer descrip- 

 tions of the contents than can be obtained from their ti- 

 tles. 



In the task of examining the vast number of scattered 

 references in the ichthyological literature, I have received 

 aid from many individuals. Thanks go to the librarians 

 at the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, 

 Mass., and to the librarians at the Museum of Com- 

 parative Zoology at Harvard University. My in- 

 debtedness to those persons and institutions is great. I 

 acknowledge the help I received from Brian Kinnear and 

 Mike Dadswell, comembers of the shortnose sturgeon en- 

 dangered species recovery team. 



I wish to give special thanks to the Southeastern 

 Massachusetts University biology students who helped 

 throughout the preparation of this bibliography, notably 

 Susan Faria, James Hoff, Jr., and Michael Murphy. And 

 finally, I thank the typist, Rita Sasseville. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY 



ALEXANDER, A. B. 



1905. Statistics of the fisheries of the New England 

 states. Rep. U.S. Coram. Fish. 1904:245-326. 



Catch and market statistics for sturgeon in 

 Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and 

 Connecticut are given. Since species are not 

 mentioned, the shortnose sturgeon is probably 

 included. 



ANONYMOUS. 



1975. Threatened wildlife of the United 

 States. U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv. Resour. Publ., 289 

 P- 



The shortnose sturgeon is listed as being en- 

 dangered and a recommendation was made by 

 the Department of the Interior to locate and 

 protect shortnose sturgeon spawning sites. 



APPY, R. G., and M. J. DADSWELL. 



1978. Parasites of Acipenser brevirostrum LeSueur 

 and Acipenser oxyrhynchus Mitchill 

 (Osteichthyes: Acipenseridae) in the Saint John 

 River Estuary, N. B., with a description of Cabal- 

 leronema pseudoargumentosus sp. n., 

 (Nematoda: Spirurida). Can. J. Zool. 56:1382- 

 1391. 



Shortnose, juvenile Atlantic, and mature Atlan- 

 tic sturgeons have distinct parasite faunas 

 which may reflect their contrasting life histories. 



ATZ, J. W., and C. L. SMITH. 



1976. Hermaphrodism and gonadal teratoma-like 

 growths in sturgeon (Acipenser). Bull. South. 

 Calif. Acad. Sci. 75:119-126. 



An adult Acipenser brevirostrum from the 

 Hudson River exhibited ovotestes. This tera- 

 toma-like structure may have been the result of 

 the abnormal development of a parthogenetic or 

 self-fertilized egg. 



■Southeastern Massachusetts University, North Dartmouth, MA 

 02747. 



BAIRD, S. F. 



1873. List of fishes collected at Woods Hole. 

 U.S. Comm. Fish. 1871-1872:823-827. 



Rep. 



