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This project was funded by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Ecosystem Restoration Program (CDFW-ERP, grant #E1183017 to NAF) and the University of California Agricultural Experiment Station (grant 2098-H to N.A.F.). We also thank the numerous student assistants who contributed time and effort including: R. Kaufman and J. W. Lee, S. Huang and P. Kestemont for providing valuable input and technical support. We thank two anonymous reviewers for constructive comments that improved this manuscript. The infrastructure support of the Department of Animal Science and the Department of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology at UCD are acknowledged.

Rearing and experimental protocols were approved by the UCD Animal Care and Use Committee (Protocol Number 16541).

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    Christine E. Verhille, Dennis E. Cocherell & Nann A. Fangue

  2. Department of Animal Science, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616, USA

    Seunghyung Lee, Anne E. Todgham & Silas S. O. Hung

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Verhille, C.E., Lee, S., Todgham, A.E. et al. Effects of nutritional deprivation on juvenile green sturgeon growth and thermal tolerance. Environ Biol Fish 99, 145–159 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-015-0463-8

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