Reproduction of blackchin tilapia, Sarotherodon melanotheron, within an impounded mangrove ecosystem in east-central Florida

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 353-361

  Faunce, Craig H ^a,b  

^a Florida Institute of Technology ^*  (United States)

^b NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exotic; Fish; Indian River Lagoon

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; MANGROVE; PERCIFORM; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

UNITED STATES;

SAROTHERODON MELANOTHERON;

EID: 0034063761     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007617231902     Document Type: Article

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