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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

>>

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.

Additional Resources

For a variety of resources

on fish and other aquatic

species from government

agencies, 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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Evaluation 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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