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## Welcome to the USGS Fisheries: Aquatic and Endangered Resources Program

The Fisheries: Aquatic and Endangered Resources Program (FAER) focuses on the study of aquatic organisms and aquatic habitats. Aquatic invertebrates, mussels, fishes, and their unique aquatic communities are investigated to provide scientific information to natural resource managers and decision makers.
Endangered species and those that are imperiled receive special research interest. Research on species diversity, life history, health and diseases , aquatic community ecology , and habitat requirements of fish and other aquatic organisms supports the management, conservation, and restoration of our Nation's aquatic resources.



## Research Highlight In the Spotlight Modeling Climate Change and Sturgeon Populations in the Missouri River - The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Columbia Environmental Research Center (CERC), in collaboration with researchers from the University of Missouri and Iowa State University, is conducting research to address effects of climate change on sturgeon populations (Scaphirhynchus spp.) in the Missouri River. Read the Report
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## Partnership in Action

USGS is one of the coalition members in the National Fish Habitat Action Plan (NFHAP), which brings together Federal and State agencies, Native American Tribes and Alaskan Natives, and sport fishing and conservation groups to collaborate on fish habitat conservation and restoration around the country. To learn more about National Fish Habitat Action Plan visit its Web site at http://www .fishhabitat.org

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## Additional Resources

For a variety of resources on fish and other aquatic species from governmentagencies, academic institutions, nongovernmental organizations and private industry visit the site of the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Node of the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII). 

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http://ecosystems.usgs.gov/faer/ 1/2Evaluation of the Efficacy of Iodophor Disinfection of Walleye and Northern Pike Eggs to Eliminate Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus - The USGS Fact Sheet 2009– 3107, “Evaluation of the Efficacy of Iodophor Disinfection of Walleye and Northern Pike Eggs to Eliminate Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus” presents the results of a study to assess the effectiveness of iodophor disinfection for eliminating VHSv (strain IVb) from fertilized eggs of walleye and northern pike intentionally challenged with VHSv following egg fertilization. Walleye and northern pike egg survival (hatch) following iodophor egg disinfection also was assessed. Read the Fact Sheet >>



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