Index - Infobase - Literature

This page includes list of regional literature, related to sturgeon populations and their protection. Wherever it was possible, link to electronic version of paper or abstract was offered.

Bacalbasa-Dobrovici, N. (1997). Endangered migratory sturgeons of the lower Danube River and its delta. Environmental Biology of Fishes 48, 201-207. (LINK)

Bacalbasa-Dobrovici, N. & J. Holcik (2000). Distribution of Acipenser sturio L., 1758 in the Black Sea and its watershed. Boletin. Instituto Espanol de oceanografia 16, 37-41. (LINK)

Balatskiy, K., Baltzer, M., Baumgartner, C., Beckmann, A., Bercsényi , M., Bogdanovic, S., Bratrich, C., Brenner, T., De Meulenaer, T., Dick, G., Dobrovolov, I ., Ereifej, L., Guti, G., Hochleithner, M., Jaric, I., Jula, G., Keresztessy, K., Klindová, A., Koller-Kreimel, V., Lenhardt, M., Liska, I., Maereanu, D., Maereanu, M., Mancic, S., Masár, J., Mészáros, J., Moreau, D., Navodaru, I., Obrdlik, P., Pannonhalmi, M., Ivanova, P.P., Pintér, K., Raymakers, C., Reeder, D., Rideg, A., Ring, T., Rosenthal, H., Sallai, Z., Schiemer, F., Schmedtje, U., Sigmund, G., Simonovic, P., Steiner, A., Tsekov, A., Unfer, G., Voloshkevych A., Vukovich, Z., Wiener, S., Zessner-Spitzenberg, M., Zinke, A. & J. Zlatic-Jugovic (2006). Action Plan for the conservation of Sturgeons (Acipenseridae) in the Danube River Basin. Bloesch, J., Jones, T., Reinartz, R. and Striebel, B. (Eds.). Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (Bern Convention), Nature and Environment 144, p. 122. (LINK)

Bloesch, J. (2006). The ultimate need for the implementation of sturgeon protection in the Danube River Basin – a view of 2006 and call for actions with the Sturgeon Action Plan under the Bern Convention. Proceedings 36th International Conference of IAD, 132-136. Austrian Committee Danube Research / IAD, Vienna. (LINK)

Cakic P., Lenhardt, M., Kolarevic, J. & Z. Petrovic (2003). Contribution to the knowledge of the sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus L.) parasites. Second International Conference “Bacterial,viral and parasitic infections in Human and veterinary medicine”, 13 - 15 June 2003, Medical University, Sofia, Republic of Bulgaria, pp.44.

Ceapa, C., Williot, P., Le Menn, F. & B. Davail-Cuisset (2002). Plasma sex steroids and vitellogenin levels in stellate sturgeon (Acipenser stellatus Pallas) during spawning migration in the Danube River. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 18, 391-396. (LINK)

Ceapa, C., Williot, P. & N. Bacalbasa-Dobrovici (2002). Present State and Perspective of Stellate Sturgeon Brood Fish in the Romanian Part of the Danube. International Review of Hydrobiology 87, 507-513. (LINK)

Finn, R.N., Lenhardt, M., Ferrara, A., Isely, J.J., Dean, J. & H.-J. Fyhn (2002). Yolk proteins and free amino acids in Acipenseriformes. 26th Larval Fish Conference of the American Fisheries Society, Bergen, Norway. (LINK)

Guti, G. (2006). Past and present status of sturgeons in Hungary. Proceedings 36th International Conference of IAD, 143-147. Austrian Committee Danube Research / IAD, Vienna. (LINK)

Janković, D. (1958). Ekologija dunavske kečige [Ecology of Danube sterlet]. Biological Institute of Republic Serbia, Special editions 2, pp. 145. [In Serbian]

Kolarevic, J., Lenhardt, M., Cakic, P. & Z. Gacic (2003). The Influence of different water temperatures on morphological characteristics of sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus L.) erythrocytes populations. Third Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences (SEFS3), 13-18 July 2003, University of Edinburgh, UK, pp.85. (LINK)

Kolarevic, J., Lenhardt, M., Cakic, P. & I. Jaric (2004). Population study of the Danube sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus L.). in Otterstad, Oddmund (ed): Releasing development potentials at the Eastern Adriatic, NTNU (www.easternadriatic.com). (LINK)

Kynard, B., Suciu, R. & M. Horgan (2002). Migration and habitats of diadromous Danube River sturgeons in Romania: 1998-2000. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 18, 529-535. (LINK)

Lenhardt, M., Bloesch, J., Reinartz, R., Suciu, R., Ivanova, P., Guti, G., Pannonhalmi, M. & A. Tsekov (2006). The actual situation of the endangered sturgeons in the Danube River Basin; A call for actions to implement their protection with the Sturgeon Action Plan under the Bern Convention. Donau Aktuell 13-14, 18-22. (LINK)

Lenhardt, M., Cakic, P. & J. Kolarevic (2003). Assessment of the complex anthropogenic impact on fish population in the Danube River. 5th ICEF, Environmental Future of Aquatic Ecosystem, 23-27 March 2003, ETH Zurich, pp. 135. (LINK)

Lenhardt, M., Cakic, P. & J. Kolarevic (2004). Influence of the HEPS Djerdap I and Djerdap II dam construction on catch of economically important fish species in the Danube River. Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology 4, 499-502. (LINK)

Lenhardt, M., Cakic, P., Kolarevic, J. & Z. Gacic (2003). Morphometric recognition of two morphs in sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus) population induced by different reproductive behaviour. Fish as models of behavior. The Fisheries Society of the British Isles. Annual International Symposium, University of East Anglia, Norwich, England, 30 June – 4 July 2003. Journal of fish biology 63 (Supplement 1), 252. (LINK)

Lenhardt, M., Cakic, P., Kolarevic, J., Gacic, Z., Jaric, I. & M. Nikcevic (2004). Length-weight relationship of sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus L.) juveniles in the Danube River. Proceedings 35th International Conference of IAD, 533-536. IAD, Vienna. (LINK)

Lenhardt, M., Cakic, P., Kolarevic, J., Mickovic, B. & M. Nikcevic (2004).Changes in sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus L.) catch and length frequency distribution in the Serbian part of the Danube River during the twentieth centery. Ecohydrology and Hydrobiology 4, 193-197. (LINK)

Lenhardt, M., Cvijanovic, G., Kolarevic, J., Jaric, I. & P. Cakic (2004). Changes of sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus L.) population age structure in the Danube River during last half of twentieth century. Book of abstracts, 22nd International Biophysics Symposium, Sveti Stefan, Serbia and Montenegro, 9th-14th October, W2:P6. (LINK)

Lenhardt, M., Finn, R.N., Cakic, P., Kolarevic, J., Krpo-Cetkovic, J., Radovic, I. & H.J. Fyhn (2005). Analysis of the post-vitellogenic oocytes of three species of Danubian Acipenseridae. Belgian Journal of Zoology 135 (2), 205-207. (LINK)

Lenhardt, M., Hegediš, A. and Jaric, I. (2005). Action plan for sturgeon species management in fishery waters of Republic Serbia. Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stankovic”, pp. 21. Developed for Ministry of Science and Environmental Protection of Republic Serbia.

Lenhardt, M., Hegediš, A., Mićković, B., Višnjić-Jeftić , Ž., Smederevac, M., Jarić, I., Cvijanović, G. & Z. Gačić (2006). First record of the North American paddlefish (Polyodon spathula Walbaum, 1792) in the Serbian part of the Danube River. Archive of Biological Sciences 58 (3), 27P-28P.

Lenhardt, M., Jaric, I., Bojovic, D., Cvijanovic, G. & Z. Gacic (2006). Past and current status of sturgeon in the Serbian part of the Danube River. Proceedings 36th International Conference of IAD, 148-151. Austrian Committee Danube Research / IAD, Vienna. (LINK)

Lenhardt, M., Jaric, I., Kalauzi, A. & G. Cvijanovic (2006). Assessment of extinction risk and reasons for decline in sturgeon. Biodiversity and Conservation 15, 1967-1976. (LINK)

Lenhardt, M., Kolarevic, J., Jaric, I., Cvijanovic, G., Mickovic, B., Gacic, Z., Cakic, P. & M. Nikcevic (2004). Assessment concepts for river ecosystems characterization based on sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus L.) population research. Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Ecohydraulics "Aquatic habitats: analysis & restoration", Madrid, 12th-17th September, 153-156. (LINK)

Lenhardt, M., Prokes, M., Jaric, I. , Barus, V., Kolarevic, J., Krupka, I., Cvijanovic, G., Cakic, P. & Z. Gacic (2004). Comparative analysis of morphometric characters of juvenile sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus L.) from natural population and aquaculture. Nature and culture: Comparative Biology and Interactions of Wild and Farmed Fish. The Fisheries Society of the British Isles. Annual International Symposium, Imperial College, London, England, 19-23 July 2004. Journal of fish biology 65 (Supplement A), 320. (LINK)

Navodaru, I., Staras, M. & R. Banks (1999). Management of sturgeon stocks of the lower Danube River system. In: “The Delta's: State-of-art protection and management”. Conference Proceedings, Tulcea, Romania 26-31 July 1999, 229-237.

Nikcevic, M., Lenhardt, M., Cakic, P., Mickovic, B., Kolarevic, J. & I. Jaric (2004). Historical review and new initiatives for sturgeon fisheries, aquaculture and caviar production in Serbia and Montenegro. in Otterstad, Oddmund (ed): Releasing development potentials at the Eastern Adriatic, NTNU (www.easternadriatic.com). (LINK)

Paraschiv, M., Suciu, R. & M. Suciu (2006). Present state of sturgeon stocks in the Lower Danube River, Romania. Proceedings 36th International Conference of IAD, 152-158. Austrian Committee Danube Research / IAD, Vienna. (LINK)

Patriche, N., Pecheanu, C. & R. Billard (1999). Sturgeon fisheries, caviar production in Romania and possible measures of rehabilitation in the Lower Danube. Rivista Italiana di Acquacoltura 34, 83-91.

Reinartz, R. (2002). Sturgeons in the Danube River; biology, status, conservation. International Association for Danube Research (IAD), p. 150.

Reinartz, R., Bloesch, J., Ring T. & H. Stein (2003). Sturgeon are more than caviar: A plea for the revival of sturgeons in the Danube River (Literature review). Archiv für Hydrobiologie 14, Supplement Large Rivers 3-4, 387-403. (LINK)

Ristic, M.Dj. (1971). Prilog objashnjenju postojanja kratkorilih i dugorilih kechiga (Acipenser ruthenus L. morpha kamensis et typica Lovetzky 1834, Berg L.S. 1932-1934) kao posebnih formi u Dunavu, Savi I Tisi. [Contribution to the knowledge of vernal and winter sterlet morph existence (Acipenser ruthenus L. morpha kamensis et typica Lovetzky 1834, Berg L.S. 1932-1934) in the Danube River, the Sava River and the Tisa River]. Ribarstvo Jugoslavije 26 , 25-28. [In Serbian].

Stanic, B., Andric, N., Zoric, S., Grubor-Lajsic, G. & R. Kovacevic (2004). Biochemical response of sterlet Acipenser ruthenus collected from the River Danube. Proceedings 35th International Conference of IAD, 281-287. IAD, Vienna.

Stranai, I. (1992). Growth of sterlet in relation to rostrum length. Zbornik referatov z komferencie: 25. vyro cie založenia ISSZP. Bratislava: ISSZS, 39-45.

Vassilev M. & L. Pehlivanov (2003). Structural Changes of Sturgeon Catches in the Bulgarian Danube Section. Acta zoologica bulgarica 55, 97-102. (LINK)

Vecsei, P., Peterson, D., Suciu, R. & E. Artyukhin (2007). Threatened fishes of the world, Acipenser stellatus, Pallas, 1771 (Acipenseridae). Environmental Biology of Fishes 78 (3), 211-212. (LINK)

Vecsei, P., Sucui, R. & D. Peterson (2002). Threatened fishes of the world: Huso huso (Linnaeus, 1758) (Acipenseridae). Environmental Biology of Fishes 65, 363-365. (LINK)

Williot, P., Sabeau, L., Gessner, J., Arlati, G., Bronzi, P., Gulyas, T. & P. Berni (2001). Sturgeon farming in Western Europe: recent developments and perspectives. Aquatic Living Resources 14, 367-374. (LINK)

Williot, P., Arlati, G., Chebanov, M., Gulyas, T., Kasimov, R., Kirschbaum, F., Patriche, N., Pavlovskaya, L.P., Poliakova, L., Pourkazemi, M., Kim, Y., Zhuang, P. & I.M. Zholdasova (2002). Status and management of Eurasian sturgeon: an overview. International Review of Hydrobiology 87 (5-6), 483-506. (LINK)

Williot, P., Brun, R., Rouault, T., Pelard, M., Mercier, D. & A. Ludwig (2005). Artificial spawning in cultured sterlet sturgeon, Acipenser ruthenus L., with special emphasis on hermaphrodites. Aquaculture 246, 263-273. (LINK)