Kynard, B., Henyey, E. and Horgan, M., 2002. Ontogenetic behavior, migration, and social behavior of pallid sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus albus, and shovelnose sturgeon, S. platorynchus, with notes on the adaptive significance of body color. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 63(4), pp.389-403.
| Species | Development state | Trait | Primary Data | Secondary Data |
| Acipenser oxyrinchus | Larvae | Temperature during larval development | 21-24 | 22.5 °C |
| Acipenser oxyrinchus | Larvae | Reaction to light | embryos were photonegative, larve were photopositive | Photopositive |
| Acipenser oxyrinchus | Larvae | Larvae behaviour | embryos stayed at bottom; however, day 13-14 fish swam to the water column | Demersal |
| Acipenser oxyrinchus | Larvae | Larvae behaviour | early migrants were nocturnal while late migrants were diurnal | Demersal |