Reference List

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

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19459 Journal Article Adams, A.J., and R.K. Wolfe. 2007. Occurrence and persistence of non-native Cichlasoma urophthalmus (family Cichlidae) in estuarine habitats of south-west Florida (USA): environmental controls and movement patterns. Marine and Freshwater Research 58:921–930.
42442 Journal Article Albrecht, E.A., N.B. Carreno, and A. Castro-Vazquez. 1996. A quantitative study of copulation and spawning in the South American apple-snail Pomacea canaliculata (Prosobranchia: Ampullariidae). The Veliger 39(2):142–147.
24859 Database Anonymous. 2012. Collection records of introduced Cichlasoma urophthalmus specimens in U.S. museum holdings. Downloaded from FishNET2 on 4 October 2012. http://www.fishnet2.net.
25742 Database Anonymous. 2013. Museum collection records of Mayan cichlid Cichlasoma urophthalmus. Derived from search on FishNet (http://www.fishnet2.net) on 2013-02-26. http://www.fishnet2.net. Created on 02/26/2013. Accessed on 02/26/2013.
39508 Database Anonymous. 2022. Miami Fish Slam Data. USGS.
41440 Database Anonymous. 2023. Ruskin Fish Slam Data. USGS.
42848 Database Anonymous. 2023. Ft. Myers Fish Slam data.
43624 Database Anonymous. 2024. Loxahatchee area Fish Slam data, December 4-5. Created on 12/19/2024. Accessed on 12/19/2024.
13675 News Associated Press. 2003. Impact of exotic fish found in Charlotte Harbor under study. Gainesville Sun, Gainesville, FL. December 20, 2003:8B.
24369 Database Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health. 2024. EDDMapS: Early detection and distribution mapping system. The University of Georgia, Tifton, GA. https://www.eddmaps.org/tools/query/. Accessed on 01/27/2019.
14162 Other Cut-and-paste reference not available due to unhandled reference type. Please contact support to request the addition of the 'Other' type.
13647 News Cocking, S. 2003. Rush to heavy-traffic area. Miami Herald. 2003 (June 12).
41442 Database Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area. 2023. Southwest Florida Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area invasive fish roundup.
23945 Report Dutka-Gianelli, J., D. Tremain, and R. Paperno. 2009. Fish assemblages in tidal and non-tidal freshwater tributaries of the Indian River Lagoon. Final report for Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Project SWG06-010. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
24874 Report Ellis, G., M. Zokan, J. Lorenz, and B. Loftus. 2006. Biscayne National Park freshwater fish inventory and monitoring final report. National Park Service. https://irma.nps.gov/App/Reference/DownloadDigitalFile?code=435120&file=BISC_final_fish_report_2006.pdf.
18109 Report Ellis, G., M. Zokan, W.F. Loftus, J. Lorenz. 2004. Inventory of Freshwater Fishes of the Big Cypress National Preserve. http://sofia.usgs.gov/exchange/loftus_bicy/.
14360 Journal Article Faunce, C.H., and J.J. Lorenz. 2000. Reproductive biology of the introduced Mayan cichlid, Cichlasoma urophthalmus, within an estuarine mangrove habitat of southern Florida. Environmental Biology of Fishes 58:215–225. http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=e1120e47-310b-4288-b94b-da61c35e2bbd%40sessionmgr13&vid=2&hid=7.
26402 Database Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. 2000. Florida Freshwater Fisheries Database via MARIS. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
29166 Database Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. 2016. FL FWC Long-term monitoring database. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Tallahassee, FL.
25899 Database Florida Museum of Natural History. 2013. Florida Museum of Natural History ichthyology collection. Accessed through GBIF data portal, http://www.gbif.org/dataset/eccf4b09-f0c8-462d-a48c-41a7ce36815a. Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL. http://www.gbif.org/dataset/eccf4b09-f0c8-462d-a48c-41a7ce36815a. Accessed on 04/09/2013.
26212 Database GBIF. 2013. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Database. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. http://www.gbif.org/. Accessed on 03/05/2024.
24406 Database Idelberger, C. 2011. dataset for paper "Distribution and abundance of introduced fishes in Florida's Charlotte Harbor estuary".
24381 Journal Article Idelberger, C.F., C.J. Stafford, and S.E. Erickson. 2011. Distribution and abundance of introduced fishes in Florida’s Charlotte Harbor estuary. Gulf and Caribbean Research 23:13–22.
25944 Database iNaturalist. 2024. http://www.inaturalist.org/. Accessed on 08/13/2024.
14825 Other Cut-and-paste reference not available due to unhandled reference type. Please contact support to request the addition of the 'Other' type.
45338 Journal Article Kahmann, G., J.S. Rehage, J.A. Massie, J.A. Nelson, R.O. Santos, N.M. Viadero, W.R. James, R.E. Boucek, D.P. Crane, and R.J. Rezek. 2024. Trophic niche of a nonnative invader and environmental drivers of its increasing populations in the coastal Everglades. Biological Invasions 26:4245–4263. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-024-03444-w.
1601 Other Cut-and-paste reference not available due to unhandled reference type. Please contact support to request the addition of the 'Other' type.
19144 Other Cut-and-paste reference not available due to unhandled reference type. Please contact support to request the addition of the 'Other' type.
26408 Database Loftus, A. 2011. Multi State Aquatic Resources Information System (MARIS) Master Database records via Biodiversity Information Serving Our Nation (BISON).
466 Conference Proceedings Loftus, W.F. 1988. Distribution and ecology of exotic fishes in Everglades National Park. Page 24–34 in Thomas, Jr., L.K, ed. Management of exotic species in natural communities. Proceedings of the Conference on Science in the National Parks, July 13-18, 1986, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO. The U.S. National Park Service and George Wright Society.
14428 Other Cut-and-paste reference not available due to unhandled reference type. Please contact support to request the addition of the 'Other' type.
19660 Report Loftus, W.F., J.C. Trexler, K. Dunker, S. Liston, and J. Rehage. 2006. Introduced fishes in short-hydroperiod wetlands: evaluation of sampling, status, and potential effects. Final report from USGS to Everglades National Park for Agreement # CESI IA F5284-04-0039. U.S. Geological Survey, Homestead, FL.
20877 Database Mississippi Museum of Natural Science. 2011. Mississippi Museum of Natural Science - Ichthyology Collection. Mississippi Museum of Natural Science. http://www.fishnet2.net/.
25976 Database North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences. 2013. North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences ichthyology collection. Accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/8099. North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC. http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/8099. Created on 02/10/2009. Accessed on 04/11/2013.
18195 Journal Article Paperno, R., R. Ruiz-Carus, J.M. Krebs, and C.C. McIvor. 2008. Range expansion of the Mayan cichlid Cichlasoma urophthalmus (Pisces, Ciclidae), above 28°N latitude in Florida. Florida Scientist 71(4):293–304.
16100 Journal Article Pearlstine, E., W.M. Bear, F.J. Mazzotti, and K.G. Rice. 2007. Checklist of fish in rice and sugarcane fields of the Everglades Agricultural Area. Florida Scientist 70:113–119.
21057 Journal Article Rehage, J.S., and W.F. Loftus. 2007. Seasonal fish community variation in headwater mangrove creeks in the southwestern everglades: an examination of their role as dry-down refuges. Bulletin of Marine Science 80(3):625–645.
26296 Journal Article Rogers, M.W., and M.S. Allen. 2008. Hurricane impacts to Lake Okeechobee: altered hydrology creates difficult management trade offs. Fisheries 33(1):11–17. https://doi.org/10.1577/1548-8446-33.1.11.
25113 Database Schofield, P. 2012. Gourami Blitz - 8 November 2012.
27192 Database Schofield, P.J. 2014. Fish slam collection data from 2014 south Florida (sampling in canals in south Miami-Dade county). U.S. Geological Survey, Gainesville, FL. Created on 11/21/2014. Accessed on 01/22/2015.
28155 Database Schofield, P.J. 2015. Fish slam collection data from 2015 in south Florida. US Geolgoical Survey, Gainesville, FL.
32414 Database Schofield, P.J. 2016. Fish slam data Spring 2016 in south Florida. U.S. Geological Survey, Gainesville, FL. Created on 01/30/2019.
29311 Database Schofield, P.J. 2016. Fish Slam - Fall 2016. U.S. Geological Survey, Gainesville, FL. Created on 01/12/2017.
29757 Database Schofield, P.J. 2017. Fish Slam Spring 2017 data (unpublished). U.S. Geological Survey, Gainesville, FL. Created on 04/12/2017.
29915 Database Schofield, P.J. 2017. Fishes of Indian River Lagoon, March-April 2017 (unpublished data). U.S. Geological Survey, Gainesville, FL. Created on 05/17/2017.
31023 Database Schofield, P.J. 2017. Fish Slam Fall 2017 collection data in south Florida. U.S. Geological Survey, Gainesville, FL. Created on 02/06/2018.
32291 Database Schofield, P.J. 2018. Fish slam data in south Florida Fall 2018, November 6-7. U.S. Geological Survey, Gainesville, FL. Created on 11/29/2018.
33259 Database Schofield, P.J. 2019. Fish Slam Data - Vero, Florida, Spring March 26-27, 2019. U.S. Geological Survey, Gainesville, FL. Created on 06/11/2019.
33937 Database Schofield, P.J. 2019. Fish slam data in south Florida, November 2019. Created on 11/22/2019.
35671 Database Schofield, P.J. 2021. Virtual Statewide Fish Slam, March 15-19, 2021. U.S. Geological Survey (Unpublished data), Gainesville, FL. Created on 04/19/2021. Accessed on 04/19/2021.
1865 Journal Article Shafland, P.L. 1996. Exotic fishes of Florida – 1994. Reviews in Fisheries Science 4(2):101–122.
15920 Journal Article Shafland, P.L., K.B. Gestring, and M.S. Stanford. 2008. Florida's exotic freshwater fishes - 2007. Florida Scientist 71(3):220–245.
29063 Report South Florida Water Management District, Loxahatchee River District and Florida Department of Environmental Protection. 2012. Addendum to the Restoration Plan for the Northwest Fork of the Loxahatchee River.
19428 Journal Article Stevens, P.W., M.F.D. Greenwood, C.F. Idelberger, and D.A. Blewett. 2010. Mainstem and backwater fish assemblages in the tidal Caloosahatchee River: implications for freshwater inflow studies. Estuaries and Coasts 33:1216–1224.
45537 Database SWFL CISMA. 2025. Invasive Fish Roundup.
25997 Database Texas A&M University. 2013. Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collection vertebrate collection. Accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/14379. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/14379. Created on 08/06/2012. Accessed on 04/11/2013.
13672 Journal Article Tilmant, J.T. 1999. Management of nonindigenous aquatic fish in the U.S. National Park System. Paper presented at the 129th Annual Meeting of The American Fisheries Society, Charlotte, North Carolina, September 1, 1999 129:50.
14257 Web Page U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2005. National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species. http://www.nwrinvasives.com/index.asp (Last accessed 2006).
13676 News Werner, M. 2003. Scaly invader appears. Sarasota Herald Tribune. 12 (19).
1480 News Zaneski, C.T. 1996. Exotic Mayan fish invades the Glades. Miami Herald, April 14, 1996.


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