WHO funded the study? Seems like noise.
Click on te 2nd link I posted. Author's affiliations:
Montana F. McLean1,*, Kyle C. Hanson2, Steven J. Cooke3, Scott G. Hinch4, David A. Patterson5, Taylor L. Nettles5, Matt K. Litvak6, and Glenn T. Crossin
1Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4R2
2US Fish and Wildlife Service, Abernathy Fish Technology Center, Longview, Washington, USA 98632
3Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1S 5B6
4Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z4
5Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Cooperative Resource Management Institute, School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6
6Department of Biology, Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada E4L 1G7
Acknowledgements
A special thank you to the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Abernathy Fish Technology Center for the use of their captive population of white sturgeon, as well as to the facility staff for help with logistics and hands-on work. The findings and conclusions in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the US Fish and Wildlife Service. The use of trade names does not imply endorsement by the US Federal Government. Thanks also to P. Szekeres, G. Neely, A. Hanson, J. Beardsall, N. Fowler and K. Hawke for help during the experiment, M. Stokesbury (Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada) for the use of field and laboratory equipment, and E. Stoddard and the Ministry of Forests Lands and Natural Resource Operations in British Columbia for Fraser River water temperature data. Lastly, we thank two anonymous reviewers and the editor for their helpful comments and suggestions to improve the quality of our manuscript.
Funding
This work was supported by grants from the Canada Foundation for Innovation and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada to the Ocean Tracking Network. Research was also supported through an NSERC Discovery Grant to G.T.C. and an NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Canadian Graduate Scholarship to M.F.M. All protocols conformed to regulations established by the Canadian Animal Care Committee and permits issuedby the Dalhousie Animal Care Committee (protocol #04-12).
Looks quite legit SV.