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PS-1: Current habitat in the lower Platte River is/is not suitable for adult and juvenile pallid <br />sturgeon. <br />Assessments of the age structure, size structure, growth rate and condition of pallid <br />sturgeon population can be used to evaluate whether current habitat in the lower Platte <br />River is or is not suitable for adult and juvenile pallid sturgeon. The presence of pallid <br />sturgeon individuals which are living to maturity, growing and exhibiting healthy body <br />condition should be indicators of habitat suitability in the lower Platte River. <br />PS-2: Water related activities above the Loup River do/do not impact pallid sturgeon habitat. <br />Correlations of water related activities upstream from the confluence of the Platte and <br />Loup rivers with growth or condition indices of pallid sturgeon may be a useful indicator <br />of the relationships among these factors. <br />PS-3: Non-Program actions (e.g., harvest, stocking, Missouri River conditions) determine the <br />occurrence of pallid sturgeon the lower Platte River. <br />Since the pallid sturgeon using the Platte River also use the Missouri River during their <br />life, partitioning growth and condition among the areas used during their lives seems <br />problematic. <br />Movements and migration: <br />Pallid sturgeon make long distance movements during their life history (DeLonay et al. <br />2007c; Wildhaber et al. 2007). During their free-embryo and larval life stages pallid sturgeon <br />drift with the current to feeding areas (Kynard et al. 2002; Kynard et al. 2007). Juvenile <br />individuals also move downstream (Kynard et al. 2007). Although there have been no definitive