Research Article

Transitional Strategies of Juvenile Green Sturgeon from a Riverine to a Brackish Water Environment

Table 1

Summary statistics of the annual number (N) of juvenile green sturgeon implanted with acoustic tags by tag model with total length in millimeters, weight in grams and estimated tag burden as percentage.

YearTag modelNMean total length (mm)Mean weight (g)Mean tag burden (%)

2016SS300-33717242 (164–301)70.4 (20.1–119.5)0.5 (0.3–1.5)
PNNL2296 (280–312)115.9 (109.6–122.1)0.6 (0.6–0.7)

2017SS300-33710224 (170–295)61.3 (28.1–130.5)0.6 (0.2–1.1)
SS300-34818248 (199–322)80.4 (37.1–168.9)0.5 (0.2–0.9)
SS40024178 (152–216)29.2 (18.5–46.0)0.8 (0.5–1.1)
PNNL3281 (261–307)108.5 (90.6–134.8)0.7 (0.5–0.8)

2018SS4009238 (177–293)69.5 (28.3–116.8)0.4 (0.2–0.8)

2019SS40015204 (162–253)47.3 (19.1–74.8)0.5 (0.3–1.1)

Ranges are provided in parentheses.