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<br />TABLE OF CONTENTS <br /> <br />TITLE <br /> <br />RECOVERY BACKGROUND AND STRATEGY <br /> <br />PALLID STURGEON RECOVERY TEAM <br /> <br />DISCLAIMER . . . <br /> <br />ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS <br /> <br />EXECUTIVE SUMMARY <br /> <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 /> <br />Part II RECOVERY. . . . . . . . . . <br />Recovery Objectives and Criteria <br />Recovery-Priority Management Areas <br />Recovery Outline . . . . . <br />Recovery Outline Narrative <br /> <br />PAGE <br /> <br />i i i <br /> <br />iv <br /> <br />v <br /> <br />vi <br /> <br />vii <br /> <br />LITERATURE CITED . . . . . . . . <br />Part III IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE <br /> <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 />16 <br />16 <br />16 <br />19 <br />24 <br />42 <br />46 <br /> <br />FIGURES <br /> <br />NO. <br />1. Comparative Diagrams of the Ventral Surface of the Head of <br />Shovel nose Sturgeon and Pallid Sturgeon, Showing Several <br />Measurement Ratios of Value for Identification <br />2. Historic Range of Pallid Sturgeon . <br />3. Recent Occurrence of Pallid Sturgeon. . . . . <br />4. Recovery-Priority Management Areas . . . . . . <br /> <br />PAGE <br /> <br />2 <br />4 <br />6 <br />18 <br /> <br />______~.h..-,-- <br />