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STUDY OF THE MORPHOLOGY AND ECOLOGICAL IMPACT OF TILAPIA AUREA (PISCES; CICHLIDAE) IN FLORIDA

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Date Issued:
1975
Summary:
A description of Tilapia aurea based on specimens from Florida is presented with an updated synonomy. The Florida specimens are compared with descriptions of specimens from Israel. It is concluded that Florida specimens have the same range in morphological variability as specimens from Isreal. The experimental work completed here indicates that Tilapia aurea does not adversely affect native fish populations. It is speculated that Tilapia aurea may have stabilized the experimental fish populations by a "polyculture effect."
Title: A STUDY OF THE MORPHOLOGY AND ECOLOGICAL IMPACT OF TILAPIA AUREA (PISCES; CICHLIDAE) IN FLORIDA.
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Name(s): BLAKESLEY, HOWARD LYMAN.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Courtenay, Walter R. Jr., Thesis advisor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1975
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 76 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: A description of Tilapia aurea based on specimens from Florida is presented with an updated synonomy. The Florida specimens are compared with descriptions of specimens from Israel. It is concluded that Florida specimens have the same range in morphological variability as specimens from Isreal. The experimental work completed here indicates that Tilapia aurea does not adversely affect native fish populations. It is speculated that Tilapia aurea may have stabilized the experimental fish populations by a "polyculture effect."
Identifier: 13704 (digitool), FADT13704 (IID), fau:10536 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1975.
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Subject(s): Tilapia--Florida
Fish populations--Florida
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