Maine Sturgeons Lecture with Dr. Gayle Zydlewski (on Zoom!)

WHEN: Thursday, January 21st at 6:00pm

WHERE: On Zoom! Check out the lecture recording HERE.

Join expert Dr. Gayle Zydlewski, from the University of Maine, to discover the fascinating lives of Maine's sturgeon.

Dr. Zydlewski will present about sturgeon life history and habitat as well as their population in the Kennebec and Sheepscot Rivers and other parts of Maine. She has led research efforts to study sturgeon in the Penobscot River and across the Gulf of Maine.

Participants will receive a Zoom link to the web-based lecture following their registration and again before the event. For more information or to register, visit click the link below or call (207)442-8400.

Attendees will have an opportunity to ask questions in the registration link and the chat box during the meeting.

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Links to learn even more about sturgeon. Thanks to Dr. Zydlewski for sharing!

• https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/southeast/endangered-species-conservation/help-noaa-help-sturgeon

• https://nasps-sturgeon.org/

• https://www.wscs.info/

• https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/atlantic-sturgeon

• https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/shortnose-sturgeon

• https://www.maine.gov/dmr/science-research/searun/index.html

PDFs of scientific papers:

• First documented occurrences of the shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum, Lesueur, 1818) in the Saco River, Maine, USA

• Shortnose Sturgeon in the Gulf of Maine: Use of Spawning Habitat in the Kennebec System and Response to Dam Removal

• Assessing dorsal scute microchemistry for reconstruction of shortnose sturgeon life histories

• Atlantic Sturgeon Use of the Penobscot River and Marine Movements within and beyond the Gulf of Maine

• Reconsidering residency: characterization and conservation implications of complex migratory patterns of shortnose sturgeon (Acispenser brevirostrum)

• Movements of Atlantic Sturgeon of the Gulf of Maine Inside and Outside of the Geographically Defined Distinct Population Segment

• Understanding the basis of shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) partial migration in the Gulf of Maine