• Biological diversity, or biodiversity, refers to the wide range of living organisms on the planet.

• Connectivity can be particularly important for conservation of aquatic organisms to allow aquatic species to migrate within a channel network in response to changing climatic conditions.

• The diet of the Gulf sturgeon consists of soft-bodied organisms such as aquatic insects and other aquatic invertebrates while they inhabit freshwater, and mollusks, shrimps, other invertebrates, and small fish while in marine environments.