Reference List

This list includes references used to derive specimen records as well as those with scientific name Lates niloticus listed in key words.

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14324 Journal Article Abila, R.O. 1998. The patterns and trends of marketing and consumption of the fish of Lake Victoria (Kenyan waters). African Journal of Tropical Hydrobiology and Fisheries 8(1-2):35-40.
822 Journal Article Anonymous. 1994. Water body records. Texas Parks & Wildlife News 1994(February 25):1-19.
38601 Journal Article Barlow, C.G., and A. Lisle. 1987. Biology of the Nile perch Lates niloticus (pisces: Centropomidae) with reference to its proposed role as a sport fish in Australia. Biological Conservation 39(4):269-289. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0006320787901297.
31573 Report Binion, G., and D. McDonald. 2017. Coleto Creek Reservoir 2016 Fisheries Management Survey Report. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Inland Fisheries Division, Mathis, TX. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/lake_survey/pwd_rp_t3200_1275_2016.pdf.
14329 Journal Article Chapman, L.J., C.A. Chapman, P.J. Schofield, J.P. Olowo, L.S. Kaufman, O. Seehausen & R. Ogutu-Ohwayo. 2003. Fish faunal resurgence in Lake Nabugabo, East Africa. Conservation Biology 17(2):500-511.
532 Journal Article Clugston, J.P. 1990. Exotic animals and plants in aquaculture. Reviews in Aquatic Sciences 2(3,4):481-489.
14323 Journal Article Emere, M.C. 2000. Parasitic infection of the Nile perch Lates niloticus (L.) in River Kaduna. Journal of Aquatic Sciences 15:51-54.
360 Report Howells, R.G. 1992. Annotated list of non-native fishes, mollusks, crustaceans, and aquatic plants, in Texas waters. Management Data Series No. 78. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Austin, TX.
108 Journal Article Howells, R.G., and G.P. Garrett. 1992. Status of some exotic sport fishes in Texas waters. Texas Journal of Science 44(3):317-324.
38602 Journal Article Hughes, N.F. 1986. Changes in the feeding biology of the Nile perch, Lates niloticus (L.) (pisces: Centropomidae), in Lake Victoria, East Africa since its introduction in 1960, and its impacts on the native fish community of the Nyanza Gulf. Journal of Fish Biology 29(5):541-548. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1986.tb04971.x.
14325 Journal Article Kaufman, Les. 1992. Catastrophic change in species-rich freshwater ecosystems: the lessons of Lake Victoria. Bioscience 42:846-858.
14322 Journal Article Kostoingue, B., M. Fall, C. Diebakate, N. Faye, and B.S. Toguebaye. 2003. Light and electronic observations on Henneguya ghaffari (Myxosporea, Bivalvulida) infecting the gills and intestine of Nile perch Lates niloticus (Pisces: Teleostei) from Chad and Senegal. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 54:79-83.
14321 Journal Article Mbabazi, D., R. Ogutu-Ohwayo, S.B. Wandera, and Y. Kiziito. 2004. Fish species and trophic diversity of haplochromine cichlids in the Kyoga satellite lakes (Uganda). African Journal of Ecology 42(1):59-68.
38756 Journal Article Miller, D.J. 1989. Introductions and extinctions of fish in the African Great Lakes. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 4(2):56-59. https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/0169534789901456?token=8B633931458DA93F2620AC811A432CDE8A8A4D0554F8B02294DF2EBCEBE02A294AA8908C7DEA29F7CFB622BAA1C7E5F3&originRegion=us-east-1&originCreation=20220927000707.
31588 Report Norman, J., and R. Ott. 2017. Lake Fairfield 2016 Fisheries Management Survey Report. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Inland Fisheries Division, Tyler, TX. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/lake_survey/pwd_rp_t3200_1290_2016.pdf.
14331 Journal Article Ogari, J., and S. Dadzie. 1988. The food of the Nile perch, Lates niloticus (L.), after the disappearance of the haplochromine cichlids in the Nyanza Gulf of Lake Victoria (Kenya). Journal of Fish Biology 32(4):571-577. https://journals.scholarsportal.info/details/00221112/v32i0004/571_tfotnptngolv.xml.
38607 Journal Article Ogutu-Ohwayo, R. 1988. Reproductive potential of the Nile perch, Lates niloticus L. and the establishment of the species in Lake Kyoga and Victoria (East Africa). Hydrobiologia 162(3):193-200. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00016667.
38597 Journal Article Ogutu-Ohwayo, R. 1990. Changes in the prey ingested and the variations in the Nile perch and other fish stocks of Lake Kyoga and the northern waters of Lake Victoria (Uganda). Journal of Fish Biology 37(1):55-63. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1990.tb05926.x.
14330 Journal Article Ogutu-Ohwayo, R. 1990. The decline of the native fishes of lakes Victoria and Kyoga (East Africa) and the impact of introduced species, especially the Nile perch, Lates niloticus, and the Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus. Environmental Biology of Fishes 27:81-96.
14332 Journal Article Ogutu-Ohwayo, R. 2004. Management of the Nile perch, Lates niloticus fishery in Lake Victoria in light of the changes in tis life history characteristics. African Journal of Ecology 42(4):306-314.
14333 Journal Article Ogutu-Ohwayo, R. 2004. Management of the Nile perch, Lates niloticus fishery in Lake Victoria in light of the changes in its life history characteristics. African Journal of Ecology 42(4):306-314.
14320 Journal Article Rutledge, W.P., and B.W. Lyons. 1976. Texas peacock bass and Nile perch: status report. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 39:18-23. http://www.seafwa.org/resource/dynamic/private/PDF/RUTLEDGE-18.pdf.
14327 Journal Article Schofield, P.J., and L.J. Chapman. 1999. Interactions between Nile perch, Lates niloticus, and other fishes in Lake Nabugabo, Uganda. Environmental Biology of Fishes 55:343-358.
14328 Journal Article Schofield, P.J., and L.J. Chapman. 2000. Hypoxia tolerance of introduced Nile perch: implications for survival of indigenous fishes in the Lake Victoria basin. African Zoology 35(1):35-42.
30788 Web Page Texas Parks & Wildlife Department. 2018. Lake Survey Reports. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/lake_survey/. Accessed on 11/30/2018.
512 Other Cut-and-paste reference not available due to unhandled reference type. Please contact support to request the addition of the 'Other' type.
1001 Report Thompson, K.W., C. Hubbs, and B.W. Lyons. 1977. Analysis of potential environmental factors, especially thermal, which would influence the survivorship of exotic Nile perch if introduced into artificially heated reservoirs in Texas. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Austin, TX.
928 Conference Proceedings Wanink, J.H., M.R. Berger, and F. Witte. 1993. Kingfishers at fishburger queens: eating Victorian fast food on the wing. Pages 319-326 in Wilson, R.T, ed. Proceedings of the VIII Pan-African Ornithological Congress. Royal Museum for Central Africa. Tervuren, Belgium.
14326 Journal Article Witte, F., T. Goldschmidt, P.C. Goudswaard, W. Ligtveoet, M.J.P. van Oijen, and J.H. Wanink. 1992. Species extinction and concomitant ecological changes in Lake Victoria. Netherlands Journal of Zoology 42:214-232.


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