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Table 2 
Details for tagged Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) detected by acoustic receivers in the St. Johns River 
(STJ), Florida, from June 2014 through June 2016. Each fish was assigned to a distinct population segment (DPS) based on 
genetic analyses provided by the U.S. Geological Survey Leetown Science Center, which maintains a comprehensive genetic 
database for all known populations of Atlantic sturgeon. 
Life stage 
when tagged 
Total length 
(mm) when 
tagged Tagging location 
Tagging 
year 
Tagging organization 
Number 
of days 
detected in 
the STJ 
Region 
of origin 
of DPS 
Subadult 
1380 
Coastal NY/NJ 
2011 
Stony Brook University 
1 
Southeastern United States 
Adult 
2290 
Coastal Mid-Atlantic 
2012 
Delaware State University 3 1 
Southeastern United States 
Adult 
2040 
Altamaha River, GA 
2012 
University of Georgia 
2 
Southeastern United States d 
Adult 
1466 
Altamaha River, GA 
2013 
University of Georgia 
2 
Not available 
Adult 
1870 
Altamaha River, GA 
2013 
University of Georgia 
2 
Not available 
Subadult 
893 
Cape Fear River, NC 
2013 
NC DMF b 
4 
Southeastern United States 
Adult 
1093 
Santee Bay, SC 
2014 
SC DNR C 
1 
Southeastern United States 
Adult 
1490 
Cooper River, SC 
2015 
SC DNR C 
1 
Not available 
a Fox, D. 2017. Personal commun. Dep. Agric. Nat. Resour., Coll. Agric. Relat. Sci., Delaware State Univ, Agric. Annex Rm. 
123, 1200 N. DuPont Hwy., Dover, DE 19901. 
b Loeffler, M. 2017. Personal commun. North Carolina Div. Mar. Fish., 3441 Arendell St., Morehead City, NC 28557. 
c Post, W. 2017. Personal commun. South Carolina Dep. Nat. Resour., PO. Box 12559, Charleston, SC 29422-2559. 
d Stock assignment was based on telemetry data from Ingram and Peterson (2016) that indicated that this fish made a puta¬ 
tive spawning run in the Altamaha River, Georgia, in 2014. 
Date 
Figure 2 
Temporal distribution of acoustic receivers (horizontal lines) and days with de¬ 
tection of individual tagged Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) 
(black rectangles) in the St. Johns River estuary in Florida from June 2014 
through June 2016. 
