Siberian Sturgeon (Acipenser baerii, Brandt, 1869) Volume 1 - Biology

Patrick WilliotPatrick took on the challenge of preventing the disappearance of the critically endangered European sturgeon and developing sturgeon farming. To do so, he mobilized all the means of research, including the use of biological models of the Siberian sturgeon. He was the kingpin of the First International Symposium on Sturgeon held in Bordeaux in 1989. In 2007, he succeeded in achieving the controlled reproduction of farmed European sturgeon for the first time. He has strongly supported Siberian sturgeon farming in France. Patrick has edited several peer-reviewed books and proceedings on aquaculture and conservation biology, mainly on sturgeon, and published over 90 papers in peer-reviewed journals or books.Guy NonotteResearcher at the CNRS, with a PhD from the University of Strasbourg, Guy NONNOTTE  has pursued research on fish physiology i.e.  ionic regulation,  respiration, extracellular acid-base balance and cell volume regulation in freshwater and sea-water  fishes  exposed to environmental changes and pollutants with a specific interest in the model « Siberian sturgeon ». He supervised a thesis on the toxicity of ammonia for the Siberian sturgeon in collaboration with Dr. Patrick Williot. In 1994, he was appointed Professor of Animal Physiology at the University of Brest (France) and Emeritus Professor of this University in 2007. He has published more than 100 articles in international reviews and supervised numerous theses on fish ecophysiology.Mikhail Chebanov Dr.Sc., Professor at the Aquatic Bioresources and Aquaculture Department of  Kuban State University  and  Director of State Centre for Sturgeon Gene Pool Conservation, Russia. He received an award from the Government of Russia in Science for developing technology for the year-round reproduction of sturgeon and for the global implementation of ultrasound for breeding stock management. He served as consultant FAO, convener of theManagement of Sturgeons Working Party EIFAC - FAO, deputy chair and member of the IUCN Sturgeon Specialists Group. Chebanov is co-founder and member of the World Sturgeon Conservation Society board of directors. He has chaired numerous International workshops and symposia sessions.Denise Vizziano CantonnetDenise Vizziano Cantonnet is a professor at the Universidad de la República Oriental del Uruguay and member of the National System of Researchers of Uruguay. She has a PhD from the Université de Rennes I (France) and worked as an invited professor at Rennes I and in several Universities in Latin America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru). For more than 20 years she has been involved in the Latin- American postgraduate course on Reproductive Endocrinology of Fish to develop this area in the American continent. In the context of sturgeons, she is investigating the molecular basis of sex differentiation. Together with French colleagues, she created the firstgonadal transcriptome for Siberian sturgeon and the first global tissue transcriptome.

• General Introduction to the Siberian Sturgeon Books with a Focus On Volume 1 Dedicated to the Biology of the Species.- Part I:  Biology & Ecology.- Wild Populations: Geographical Distribution, Ecological and Biological Characteristics of the Siberian Sturgeon Species.- Species Specificity: What Makes the Difference Between the Siberian Sturgeon and the Ponto-Caspian Sturgeon Species?.- Anatomy: Anatomic Description.- Skeleton: The Axial Skeleton of the Siberian Sturgeon Development Organization, Structure and New Insights on Mineralization and Ossification of Vertebral Elements.- Sex: Evolution of Molecular Investigations on Sturgeon Sex Determination and Most Recent Developments in DNA Methylation with a Focus on the Siberian Sturgeon.- Sex Determination and Differentiation of the Siberian Sturgeon.- Genetics: Analysis of Transposable Elements Expressed in the Gonads of the Siberian Sturgeon.- Ontogeny: Early Ontogeny in the Siberian Sturgeon.- Behavior: Behavior of Early Life Stages in the Siberian Sturgeon.- Sensory Capacity: Olfaction and Gustation in Acipenseridae, with Special Reference to the Siberian Sturgeon.- Nutrition: Nutritional Requirements of the Siberian Sturgeon: An Updated Synthesis.- Swimming: Swimming Characteristics of the Siberian Sturgeon.- Part II.  Biology & Physiology of Reproduction.- Central Nervous System: Chemical Neuroanatomy of the Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System in Sturgeons.- Oogenesis: An Updated Version of Histological and Ultrastructural Studies of Oogenesis in the Siberian Sturgeon Acipenser Baerii. Male Function: Sperm and Spermatozoa Characteristics in the Siberian Sturgeon.- Reproductive Physiology: Gonadal Steroids: Synthesis, Plasmatic Levels and Biological Activities in Sturgeons.- Steroid Profiles Throughout the Hormonal Stimulation in Females  Siberian Sturgeon Acipenser Baerii Brandt.- Part III. Ecophysiology: Adaptation  to Environment.- Respiratory Responses to Hypoxia in the Sturgeon, Acipenser Baerii.- Effects of Exposure to Ammonia in Water: Determination of the Sublethal and Lethal Levels in Siberian Sturgeon.- Consequences of High Levels Ammonia Exposure on the Gills Epithelium and on the Haematological Characteristics of the Blood of the Sturgeon, Acipenser Baerii.- Acid-Base Balance and Ammonia Loading in the Sturgeon Acipenser Baerii, Exposed to High Concentrations of Ammonia.- Effects of Exposure to Ammonia on Plasma, Brain and Muscle Concentrations of Amino-Acids and Adenyl Nucleotides in the Sturgeon, Acipenser Baerii.- The Importance of Water Quality in Siberian Sturgeon Farming: Nitrite Toxicity.- Part IV. Specific Methods.- Cannulation in the Cultured Siberian Sturgeon, Acipenser Baerii Brandt.- Some Basic Methods in Respiratory Physiology Studies Applied in the Siberian Sturgeon.- General Conclusionsof the Volume 1: Recent Progress in the Biology of Acipenser Baerii, An Exciting Subject for Further Academic Research and Development of Aquaculture.