Salinity tolerance of the African Jewelfish Hemichromis letourneuxi, a non-native Cichlid in South Florida (USA)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 2010, Pages 475-480

  Langston, Jacqueline N ^a   Schofield, Pamela J ^a   Hill, Jeffrey E ^b   Loftus, William F ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CICHLID; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SURVIVAL;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

CICHLIDAE; HEMICHROMIS BIMACULATUS; HEMICHROMIS LETOURNEUXI;

EID: 77957361398     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CP-09-069     Document Type: Article

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