Rescue of Sturgeon Species in the Ural River Basin

Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Contents.- Abbreviations.- Part I International Experience in Transboundary Watershed Management and Sturgeon Restoration.-1.1 Water.- Environmental Security and the Role of River Regimes in Fostering (Environmental) Cooperation: Case of the Sava Commission; A. Colakhodzic.- Challenges and Prospects of Transboundary Water Management in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia; S. Koeppel.- Successful Transboundary River Basin and Estuary Cooperation: Benchmarks for the Ural River Basin?; J. Simpson et al.- The Issues of Transboundary Rivers in South Caucasus at the End of the 20th and Beginning of the 21st Centuries; T. Vardanian.-1.2 Sturgeon Species.- Migratory Fish Stocks in Transboundary Basins - Implications for Governance, Management and Research; J. Valbo-Jørgensen et al.- The Key Threats to Sturgeons and Measures for their Protection in the Lower Danube Region; M. Lenhardt.- Rescue Efforts to Save Sturgeons in America; M.K. Zaidi, S. Ireland.- Rivers Rehabilitation: New Approach to the Design of Fish Passes Through Dams; V. Lagutov.- Part II The Ural River Basin.-2.1. Water Resources.- The Ural River Basin: Hydrology, Characteristics and Water Use; V. Lagutov.- River Flow Formation in the Russia South Urals; Y. Nesterenko, M. Nesterenko.- Climate Change and Water Resource in North Caucasus and South Urals; N. Dronin, A. Kirilenko.-2.2 Fish Resources.- The Ural River Sturgeons: Population Dynamics, Catch, Reasons for Decline and Restoration Strategies; Viktor Lagutov and Vladimir Lagutov.- Field and Genetic Approaches to Enhance Knowledge of Ural River Sturgeon Biology; D. Phaedra.- Fish Biodiversity of the Orenburg Region; A. Gryzunov.-2.3 Restoration Activities.- Establishment of the International Ural Sturgeon Park; Viktor Lagutov and Vladimir Lagutov.- The URALBAS Resolution.- Index.-