@article {5647,
	title = {Distribution and conservation of <i>Acipenser sturio </i>L., 1758 and related species in Greek waters},
	journal = {Boletin - Instituto Espanol de OceanografiaBoletin - Instituto Espanol de Oceanografia},
	volume = {16},
	number = {1-4},
	year = {2000},
	note = {Cited By (since 1996): 1Export Date: 6 September 2006Source: ScopusReferences: Apostolidis, N., (1883) La Pe?che En Gre?ce. Faune Ichthyologique De Gre?ce, , Athens: 31 pp. (in Greek); Apostolidis, N., (1907) La Pe?che En Gre?ce. Faune Ichthyologique De Gre?ce, , Athens: 68 pp. (in Greek); Athanassopoulos, G., Quelques e?le?ments de recherches hydrobiologiques en Gre?ce. 3. De?signation de certaines espe?ces de poissons (1917) Bulletin. Station Hydrobiologique. Marine Gre?ce, 1, pp. 19-25; Banarescu, P.M., (1964) Fauna Republicii Populare Romine. Pisces-Osteichthyes, , Academiei Republicii Populare Romine. Bucharest: 962 pp; Belloc, G., Pisces (1948) Inventory of the Fishery Resources of the Greek Water, pp. 4-64. , Appendix B: Catalogue of the resources of Greek waters: (photocopy). Greek Ministry of Development. Athens; Berg, L.S., U?bersicht der Verbreitung des Su?sswasserfische Europas (1933) Zoogeographica, 1, pp. 107-208; Berg, L.S., (1948) Freshwater Fishes of USSR and Adjacent Countries I, , IPST. Jerusalem: 504 pp. (English translation, 1962); Carus, J.V., (1893) Prodromus Faunae Mediterraneae, 2. , E. Schweizerbart{\textquoteright}sche Verlagshandlung (E. Kock) Stuttgart. 854 pp; Drensky, P., Synopsis and distribution of fishes in Bulgaria (1948) Annu. Univ. Sofia, Sci. Nat, 44, pp. 11-71. , (in Bulgarian); Drensky, P., (1951) Fauna Bulgaria No 2 Ribite Bulgaria (Fishes of Bulgaria), , Bulgarian Academy. Sofia: 270 pp. (in Bulgarian); Economidis, P.S., Catalogue des poissons de la Gre?ce (1973) Hellenic Oceanology and Limnology, 11, pp. 421-598. , (in Greek); Economidis, P.S., (1974) E?tude Morphologique, Syste?matique Et Zooge?ographique De Poissons D{\textquoteright}eau Douce De Mace?doine D{\textquoteright}est Et De Thrace D{\textquoteright}Ouest, , Publications. University of Thessaloniki. Thessaloniki: 179 pp. (in Greek); Economidis, P.S., Dimitriou, E., Pagoni, R., Michaloudi, E., Natsis, L., Introduced and translocated fish species in the inland waters of Greece (2000) Fisheries Management and Ecology, 7, pp. 239-250; Geldiay, R., Balik, S., (1988) Freshwater Fishes of Turkey, , Ege University Publication. Bornova; Izmir: 520 pp. (in Turkish); Georgacas, J.D., (1978) Ichthyological Terms for the Sturgeon and Etymology of the International Terms Botargo, Caviar and Congeners (A Linguistic, Philological, and Culture-Historical Study), 43. , Pragmateiae of Academy of Athens 330 pp; Heldreich, T., (1878) La Faune De Gre?ce. I. Animaux Verte?bre?s, , Athens: 113 pp; Holc?i?k, J., Banarescu, P., Evans, D., General introduction to fishes (1989) The Freshwater Fishes of Europe, 1, pp. 18-147. , J. Holi?k (ed.) AULA-Verlag. Wiesbaden; Holc?i?k, J., Kinzelbach, R., Sokolov, L.I., Vasil{\textquoteright}cv, V.P., Acipenser sturio Linnaeus, 1758 (1989) The Freshwater Fishes of Europe, pp. 367-394. , J. Holc?i?k (ed.): AULA-Verlag. Wiesbaden; Ivanovic, B.M., (1973) Ichthyofauna of Skadar Lake, , Biological Station. Titograd: 146 pp; Konsuloff, S., Drensky, P., Die Fischfauna der Aega?is (1943) Annuaire, 39, pp. 293-308. , (in Bulgarian) Universite? de Sofia. Sciences Naturelles; Kovatchev, V.T., Zur Kenntnis der ichthyologisches Fauna der Maritza (1921) Trud. Bulg. Prirod. Drush, 9, pp. 90-94. , (in Bulgarian); Ladiges, W., Vogt, D., (1965) Die Su?sswasserfische Europas, , Verlag Paul Parey. Hamburg and Berlin: 250 pp; Ladiges, W., Vogt, D., (1979) Die Su?sswasserfische Europas, , Verlag Paul Parey. Hamburg and Berlin, 2nd ed.: 299 pp; Marsellos, Th., (1973) The Fishes and the Art of Fishing, , Vasiliou. Athens: 326 pp. (in Greek); Panagiotopoulos, P., Anadromous fishes (1916) Bulletin. Station Hydrobiologique, 1, pp. 449-555. , (in Greek) Marine Gre?ce; Pirogovskii, M.I., Sokolov, L.I., Vasil{\textquoteright}ev, V.P., Huso huso (Linnaeus, 1758) (1989) The Freshwater Fishes of Europe, 1, pp. 157-200. , J. Holc?ik (ed.) AULA-Verlag. Wiesbaden; Poljakov, G.D., Filipi, N.D., Basho, K., (1958) Fishes of Albania, , University of Tirana. Tirana: 281 pp. (in Albanian); Potamianos, Th., (1965) With the Glass-Eye of the Fisherman, , Kollaros. Athens: 298 pp. (in Greek); Rakaj, N., (1995) Ichthyofauna of Albania, , University of Tirana. Tirana: 700 pp. (in Albanian); Shubina, T.N., Popova, A.A., Vasil{\textquoteright}ev, V.P., Acipenser stellatus Pallas, 1771 (1989) The Freshwater Fishes of Europe, 1, pp. 395-443. , J. Holc?ik (ed.) AULA-Verlag. Wiesbaden; Stankovic?, S., (1960) The Balkan Lake Ohrid and Its Living World, , Uitgeverij Dr. W. Junk. The Hague: 357 pp; Svedovidov, A.N., Acipenseridae (1984) Fishes of the Northeastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, 1, pp. 220-225. , P.J. P. Whitehead, M. L. Bauchot, J. C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Unesco. Paris; Thompson, D.W., (1947) A Glossary of Greek Fishes, , Oxford University Press. Oxford: 302 pp; Tortonese, E., Acipenser naccarii Bonaparte, 1836 (1989) The Freshwater Fishes of Europe, 1, pp. 286-293. , J. Holc?i?k (ed.) AULA-Verlag. Wiesbaden; Vukovic?, T., Ivanovic?, B., (1971) Freshwater Fishes of Yugoslavia, , Sarajevo. Zemaljski Musej BiH: 268 pp. (in Serbo-Croatian).},
	month = {2000///},
	pages = {81-88},
	abstract = {Four sturgeon species have been reported to exist in Greek waters: The Atlantic sturgeon, the great sturgeon, the stellate sturgeon and the Adriatic sturgeon. The Atlantic sturgeon Acipenser sturio L., 1758 has an almost regular presence in the Evros River (Aegean Sea), and is rather rare in the Pinios and Acheloos Rivers. The great sturgeon or beluga Huso huso L., 1758 is suspected to be an occasional visitor in Greek waters, or it is a case of undocumented information. The presence of the stellate sturgeon Acipenser stellatus Pallas, 1771 has been recently verified by a specimen caught close to the Thracian shore. The Adriatic sturgeon Aciprnser naccarii Bonaparte, 1836 is supposed to have its southern distribution limits in the waters around the island of Corfu, although this information has never been confirmed. The distribution of these species is obviously related to salinity, probably prohibiting the extension of other sturgeon species to the Mediterranean, except for A. sturio. The discontinuous distribution of H. huso and A. stellatus may be a result of sea-level changes, while salinity played some role in the last period of glaciation. In the marine area of the Evros River A. sturio has been economically significant until 1975, supporting a small black caviar industry. Since then, the species has become rare mainly because of overfishing, and the reduction and pollution of the Evros River, in the upstream of which some important sturgeon spawning sites have been located.},
	keywords = {Acipenser naccarii, Acipenser stellatus, Conservation status, Greece, Huso huso, Pisces, production},
	author = {Economidis, P.S. and Koutrakis, E.T. and Bobori, D.C.}
}
