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Range Expansion in Southern Florida of the Introduced Spotted Tilapia, with Comments on its Environmental Impress

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

Walter R. Courtenay Jr  and
Dannie A. Hensley
Walter R. Courtenay Jr
Affiliation:
Professor of Zoology and Chairman, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida 33431, USA
Dannie A. Hensley
Affiliation:
Research Associate, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida 33431, USA.
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The Spotted Tilapia, Tilapia mariae, apparently introduced to Dade County, Florida, between 1972 and 1974, has expanded its range dramatically. This exotic fish is now established in three counties (Broward, Collier, and Dade) in canals and lakes in an area encompassing approximately 2,000 km2.

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Environmental Conservation , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , Summer 1979 , pp. 149 - 151
Copyright
Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 1979

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