Several folks contributed literature citations to the EA team during the PSPAP workshop. Those suggestions were appreciated and citations and links to those reports are below.
Schlosser, J. T. 2008. Large river fish community sampling strategies and fish associations to engineered and natural river channel structures. Masters thesis. Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS.PDF
Saltzgiver, M. J., E. J. Heist, and P. W. Hedrick. 2012. Genetic evaluation of the initiation of a captive population: the general approach and a case study in the endangered pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus). Conservation Genetics 13:1381-1391. PDF
Albers, J. L., M. L. Wildhaber, and A. J. DeLonay. 2013. Gonadosomatic index and fecundity of Lower Missouri and Middle Mississippi River endangered pallid sturgeon estimated using minimally invasive techniques. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 29:968-977. PDF
Doyle, W., C. Paukert, A. Starostka, and T. Hill. 2008. A comparison of four types of sampling gear used to collect shovelnose sturgeon in the Lower Missouri River. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 24:637-642. PDF
Block, W.M., Franklin, A.B., Ward, J.P., Ganey, J.L., and White, G.C., 2001, Design and Implementation of Monitoring Studies to Evaluate the Success of Ecological Restoration on Wildlife: Restoration Ecology, v. 9, no. 3, p. 293-303, PDF.
L.L. Pierce, D.A. James, D. A. Shuman, and R. A. Klumb. 2016. Pallid sturgeon detectability, catchability and post-handling survival with four standardized sampling gears, and movement of pallid sturgeon during the 2011 flood. Report prepared for the Western Area Power Administration, Billings, Montana and the Upper Basin Pallid Sturgeon Workgroup. PDF
Detectability objective (bend tracked for transmittered fish prior to deploying PSPAP standard effort):
Zero small (339-500 mm) pallid sturgeon located within sampled bends were captured with otter trawls (1 bend sampled) and trammel nets (7 bends sampled), resulting in conditional capture probability estimates of 0.00 for both gears. Three large (564-1105 mm) pallid sturgeon located within sampled bends were captured with trotlines and one was captured in a trammel net resulting in mean conditional capture probability estimates of 0.36 (SE=0.18) for trotlines (N=7 bends), 0.13 (SE=0.13) for trammel nets (N=8), 0.00 for the otter trawl (N=6), and 0.00 for gill nets (N=5).
Catchability objective (trammel nets drifted at known pallid sturgeon location):
Thirty-nine fish (23 small fish and 16 large fish) were targeted for capture on 56 occasions (31 on small fish and 25 on large fish), resulting in 210 trammel net drifts.
Targeted pallid sturgeon were captured in 16 of the 56 (29%) attempts. Capture probability of an individual drift (pi) for both size classes (pooled) ranged from 0.00 to 0.11 (Table 3.3). The probability of capture in multiple drifts (pi*) increased from 0.07 in one drift to 0.32 in five drifts (Table 3.3; Figure 3.2).
Small pallid sturgeon were captured in nine of the 31 (29%) attempts. All nine of these individuals were captured during the first four drifts. Capture probability (pi) was greatest for the third drift (0.13), followed by the fourth drift (0.10), second drift (0.07), and the first drift (0.06; Table 3). The probability of capture in multiple drifts (pi*) increased from 0.06 in one drift to 0.32 in four or more drifts (Table 3.3; Figure 3.2).
Large pallid sturgeon were captured during seven of the 25 (28%) attempts. Capture probability (pi) was greatest for the fifth drift (0.13), followed by the third drift (0.10; Table 3.3). The probability of capture in multiple drifts (pi*) increased from 0.08 in one drift to 0.36 in five drifts (Table 3.3; Figure 3.2).
