Salinity tolerance of non-native suckermouth armoured catfish (Loricariidae: Pterygoplichthys) in south-eastern Mexico: Implications for invasion and dispersal

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 528-540

  Capps, Krista A ^a   Nico, Leo G ^b   Mendoza Carranza, Manuel ^c   Arévalo Frías, Wendi ^c   Ropicki, Andrew J ^d   Heilpern, Sebastian A ^a   Rodiles Hernández, Rocío ^e  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e DEPARTAMENTO DE CONSERVACIÓN DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alien species; Brackish; Dispersal; Distribution; Estuary; Loricariidae; Mexico; Pterygoplichthys

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CATCH STATISTICS; DELTA; DISPERSAL; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; INVASIVENESS; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER SYSTEM; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SURVIVAL; TELEOST;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

LORICARIIDAE; OLIGACANTHORHYNCHUS; PISCES; PTERYGOPLICHTHYS; SILURIFORMES;

EID: 80053323474     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.1210     Document Type: Article

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