Survival, growth and reproduction of non-native nile tilapia II: Fundamental niche projections and invasion potential in the northern Gulf of Mexico

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Lowe, Michael R ^a   Wu, Wei ^a   Peterson, Mark S ^a   Brown Peterson, Nancy J ^a   Slack, William T ^b   Schofield, Pamela J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREEDING; COASTAL WATERS; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; GROWTH; GULF OF MEXICO; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; POPULATION BIOLOGY; PREDICTION; RIVER; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUMMER; SURVIVAL; WATERSHED; WINTER;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CICHLIDS; GULF OF MEXICO; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MISSISSIPPI; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION;

OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS;

EID: 84864397232     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041580     Document Type: Article

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