Source Population Assignment of Lake Sturgeon in Lake Superior

Funding Opportunity Number: F15AS00221 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: EnvironmentNatural ResourcesCFDA Number: 15.662Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: DOI-FWSClosing Date: May 20, 2015Award Ceiling: $186,000Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: May 13, 2015Funding Opportunity Description: Lake sturgeon are of management concern throughout the Great Lakes basin. Knowledge regarding lake sturgeon ecology is primarily based on studies conducted during brief spawning periods in river habitats. Little is know about lake sturgeon ecology (e.g., habitat use and movement) during the extended periods they spend in the open waters and bays of the Great Lakes. Traditional mark-recapture methods or radio telemetry studies of tagged fish provide limited data about lake sturgeon movement because relatively few individuals from any breeding population are tagged or marked. Genetic techniques can overcome these obstacles and can identify which spawning populations are represented in non-spawning groups of lake sturgeon. Breeding populations of lake sturgeon in Lake Superior exhibit a high degree of spatial genetic structure, and have the highest level of genetic differentiation relative to the rest of the Great Lakes. These genetic differences allow for the identification o...
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