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TABLE OF CONTENTS <br />TITLE PAGE <br />RECOVERY BACKGROUND AND STRATEGY iii <br />PALLID STURGEON RECOVERY TEAM iv <br />DISCLAIMER v <br />ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vi <br />EXECUTIVE SUMMARY vi i <br />Part I INTRODUCTION <br />History <br />General Description <br />Historical Distribution and Abundance . <br />Present Distribution and Abundance <br />Habitat Preference <br />Current Velocity <br />Turbidity <br />Water Depth . <br />Substrate . <br />Temperature . <br />Life History <br />Reproductive~Biology <br />Food and Feeding Habits . <br />Age and Growth <br />Reasons for Decline . <br />Habitat Loss <br />Commercial Harvest <br />Pollution/Contaminants <br />Hybridization . <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />3 <br />5 <br />5 <br />7 <br />8 <br />8 <br />8 <br />8 <br />8 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />10 <br />10 <br />13 <br />14 <br />14 <br />Part II RECOVERY 16 <br />Recovery Objectives and Criteria 16 <br />Recovery-Priority Management Areas 16 <br />Recovery Outline 19 <br />Recovery Outline Narrative 24 <br />LITERATURE CITED 42 <br />Part III IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE 46 <br />FIGURES <br />N0. PAGE <br />1. Comparative Diagrams of the Ventral Surface of the Head of <br />Shovelnose Sturgeon and Pallid Sturgeon, Showing Several <br />Measurement Ratios of Value for Identification 2 <br />2. Historic Range of Pallid Sturgeon 4 <br />3. Recent Occurrence of Pallid Sturgeon . 6 <br />4. Recovery-Priority Management Areas 18 <br />