Applied Aspects of the Thermal Biology Ecology and Life History of the Blue Tilapia Tilapia Aurea (Pisces - Cichlidae) - Alexander Zale

Abstract:Laboratory and field research was conducted on issues relevant to the effective management of the blue tilapia, Tilapia aurea , an exotic cichlid established in U.S. waters.Cold tolerance of blue tilapia was enhanced at isosmotic salinities. Time and temperature interacted to elicit cold death; a model was developed to quantify this interaction. Considerable heterogeneity in thermal tolerance among individual fish was observed.Blue tilapia moved in and out of a stenothermal spring run in..