Genetic evidence for a fall-spawning group of Gulf sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi) in the Apalachicola River, Florida, USA

• Jacob O. Zona ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jozona@svsu.edu

  Current address: Department of Natural Resource Management, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, United States of America

  Affiliation School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6900-8635

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• Brian R. Kreiser,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States of America

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• Adam J. Kaeser,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Panama City Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office, United States of America Fish and Wildlife Service, Panama City, Florida, United States of America

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• Adam G. Fox,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GeorgiaUnited States of America

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• Mark J. D’Ercole

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GeorgiaUnited States of America

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