Florida Project
Leveraging habitat suitability modeling to inform management of nonnative fishes in a changing climate
September 2022 - December 2024
Personnel
Participating Agencies
- USGS
Florida has more than 200 nonnative fishes that cause major ecological and societal consequences. In this project, we will predict survival, reproduction, recruitment, and dispersal of priority nonnative fishes in Florida over the next 50 years to develop science-driven approaches for managing these species. We will generate predictive distribution maps, decision support tools, and stakeholder engagement activities to help manage nonnative fishes and inform the public about fisheries conservation. This project will involve close collaboration with fisheries managers to ensure that research products are useful for preventing the introduction, slowing the spread, eradicating, and controlling nonnative fishes.
| Presentations | Presentation Date |
|---|---|
| Anderson, C. C. and A. K. Carlson. 2023. Assessing effects of tilapia Oreochromis spp. on Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides and Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus reproduction, recruitment, and growth. Florida Chapter of the American Fisheries Society annual meeting, St. Augustine, Florida, 9–11 May 2023. | May 2023 |
| Anderson, C. C. and A. K. Carlson. 2022. Thermal habitat suitability for non-native fish in Florida’s lotic systems. Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Coordinating Committee Meeting, Gainesville, Florida, 9 May 2022. | May 2022 |
| Anderson, C. C. and A. K. Carlson. 2022. Thermal habitat suitability for non-native fish in Florida’s lotic systems. Florida Chapter of the American Fisheries Society annual meeting, Haines City, Florida, 5–7 April 2022. | April 2022 |
| Anderson, C. C. and A. K. Carlson. 2022. Thermal habitat suitability for non-native fish in Florida’s lotic systems. Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Graduate Student Symposium, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 15 March 2022. | March 2022 |