Sammanfattning

Sturgeon species in the Danube River basin have experienced severe decline. Besides overexploitation, habitat loss, and pollution, they are further endangered by lack of efficient policy and management, as well as by serious lack of knowledge about their life history. Although population viability analysis (PVA) could represent an extremely valuable tool to cope with these problems, it has not so far been applied to Danube populations. This paper represents an assessment of different PVA methods and models developed for sturgeon species. It analyzes their results, main advantages, drawbacks, and problems, and discusses the possibility of applying PVA to sturgeon populations in the Danube River basin

Nyckelord

PVA; extinction risk; life history; Acipenser; Huso

Publicerad i

Archives of Biological Science
2009, Volym: 61, nummer: 1, sidor: 123-128
Utgivare: Serbian Biological Society

SLU författare

• Ebenhard, Torbjörn

  • Institutionen för stad och land, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

Associerade SLU-program

SLU Centrum för biologisk mångfald, CBM


UKÄ forskningsämne

Ekologi


Publikationens identifierare

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2298/ABS0901123J

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/29807