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Translocation And Telemetry Tracking Of Lake Sturgeon In The Menominee River, Mi / Wi, Jeremy G. Olach
Translocation And Telemetry Tracking Of Lake Sturgeon In The Menominee River, Mi / Wi, Jeremy G. Olach
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The Menominee River is a Michigan-Wisconsin boundary water historically traversed by lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens), but now contains fragmented populations between hydroelectric dams. Though fish passage is currently being implemented on the lower dams, it is unclear whether sturgeon given access to historic spawning grounds would use them. In 2012 and 2013, a total of 15 pre-spawning sturgeon were captured, implanted with sonic transmitters and translocated upstream over two hydroelectric dams to the stretch below the historic spawning site of Sturgeon Falls. Sturgeon were then tracked via five stationary receivers from April 2012 until August 2013, and with …