Professor Emeritus
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  • Research
  • Publications
Fish genetics, Aquaculture production of channel catfish, tilapia and chinese carps
Title Journal Year
Response to three generations of selection for increased body weight in channel catfish grown in earthen ponds Aquaculture 2003
Selection, hybridization and genome manipulation in Siluroidei Aquatic Living Resources Vol. 9 1996
Growth, Survival and Sex Ratios of Oreochromis urolepls hornorum, 0.niloticus and Their Hybrid Treated with 17a-Methyltestosterone The 3rd International Symposium on Tilapia in Aquaculture, ICLARM Conference Proceedings No. 41 1996
Hybridization and Biochemical Genetics of Black and White Crappies in the Southeastern USA Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 1994
Genetics and Breeding in Catfish (Siluriformes) Exploition of Marine Resources 1994
Lack of Inheritance of Stumpbody and Taillessness in Channel Catfish Progressive Fish Culturist 1991
Effect of body colour of Oreochromis mossambicus ( Peters ) on predation by largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides ( Lacepede ) Aquaculture and Fisheries Management 1991
Effects of manuring regime and stocking rate on primary production and yield of tilapia using liquid swine manure Aquaculture 1990
Genotype-Environment Interactions for Growth of
Blue, Channel and Hybrid Catfish in Ponds and
Cages at Varying Densities		 Aquaculture 1990
The Economics of intensifying catfish production: a production function analysis Journal of the World Aquaculture society 1990
Effects of Intraspecific hybridization in tilapia nilotica on survival under ambient winter temperature in Alabama Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 1990
Estimates of additive genetic effects, maternal genetic effects, individual heterosis, maternal heterosis and egg cytoplasmic effects for growth in tilapia nilotica Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 1990
Effect of body colour of Oreochromis mossambicus
(Peters) on predation by dragonfly nymphs		 Aquaculture and Fisheries Management 1990
Flesh and Peritoneal Lining Color of Gold, Bronze, and Black Tilapia mossambica Journal of Food Science 1990
Effect of body colour of Oreochromis mossambicus
(Peters) on predation by dragonfly nymphs		 Aquaculture and Fisheries Managernent 1990
Flesh and Peritoneal Lining Color of Gold, Bronze, and Black Tilapia mossambica Journal of Food Science 1990
Effects of Dietary 17 a-Methyltestosterone on Sex Reversal and Growth of Oreochromis aureus 2nd International Symposium on Tilapia in Aquaculture, Bangkok, Thailand 1988
Lack of Response by Tilapia nilotica to Mass Selection for Rapid Early Growth Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 1988
Isozyme expression in bighead carp, silver carp and their reciprocal hybrids Aquaculture 1988
Reproductive performance of three strains of Oreochromis niloticus Aquaculture 1988
Mitochondrial DNA Polymorphism of Striped Bass
in the Southeastern United States"		 Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 1988
Comparison of Mass Selection, Crossbreeding, and Hybridization for Improving Growth of Channel Catfish Progressive Fish Culturist 1987
Maintenance of genetic quality in cultured tilapia Asian Fisheries Science 1987
Genetics and Breeding of Catfish Southern Cooperative Series Bulletin 1987
Biochemical Genetics of Largemouth Bass in Mesosaline and Freshwater Areas of the Alabama River System Transactions of the American Fisheries society 1986
Selection or Drift--Isozyme Allele Frequency Changes among Channel Catfish Selected for Rapid Growth Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 1986
Biochemical Genetics of Largemouth Bass Populations in Alabama Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Game Agencies 1986
Comparison of Strains, Crossbreeds and Hybrids of Channel Catfish for Vulnerability to Angling Aquaculture 1986
Improved Growth Rate, Reproductive Performance, and Disease Resistance of Crossbred and Selected Catfish from AU-M and AU-K Lines Circular 1985
Reproductive Efficiency in the Reciprocal Pairings Between Two Strains of Channel Catfish Progressive Fish Culturist 1984
Development of a cold-tolerrant populationof red tilapia through introgressive hybridization Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 1984
Karyology of three species of catfishes ( Ictaluridae: Ictalurus ) and four hybrid combinations Copeia 1984
Ancestry and Breeding of Catfish in the United States Circular 1984
Proceedings Auburn Symposium on Fisheries and Aquaculture book (edited) 1984
RELATIVE GROWTH, SURVIVAL AND HARVESTABILITY OF BIGHEAD CARP, SILVER CARP, AND THEIR RECIPROCAL HYBRIDS Aquaculture 1984
Saddleback: a dominant, lethal gene in Sarotherodon aureus (Steindachner) (= Tilapia aurea) Journal of Fish Diseases 1983
Reproductive Performances of Crossbred and Pure-Strain Channel Catfish Brood Stocks Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 1983
Relative tolerance of channel x blue hybrid and channel catfish to low oxygen concentrations Progressive Fish Culturist 1983
REPRODUCTIVE TRAITS FOR THREE YEAR CLASSES OF TILAPIA NILOTICA AND MATERNAL EFFECTS ON THEIR PROGENY Fishelson, L and Yaron, Z., compilers, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Tilapia in Aquaculture, Nazareth, Israel 1983
RESPONSE TO SELECTION AND REALIZED HERITABILITY FOR BODY WEIGHT IN THREE STRAINS OF CHANNEL CATFISH, ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS, GROWN IN EARTHEN PONDS Aquaculture 1983
REVIEW OF CATFISH BREEDING RESEARCH 1969-1981 AT AUBURN UNIVERSITY Aquaculture 1983
CORRELATIONS AMONG MORPHOMETRIC TRAITS OF FINGERLING CATFISHES AND THE RELATIONSHIP TO DRESSING PERCENTAGE AT HARVEST Journal of the World Mariculture Society 1983
Stumpbody Sarotherodon aureus (Steindachner) {= Tilapia aurea) and tail-less S. niloticus (L.) {-T. nilotica): two vertebral anomalies and their effects on body length Journal of Fish Diseases 1982
Effects of selecting for growth rate on reproduction performance in channel catfish Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 1982
Sex-weight relations in blue, channel, and white catfishes: implications for brood stock selection Progressive-Fish Culturist 1982
Spawning success of reciprocal hybrid pairings between blue and channel catfishes with and without hormone injection Progressive -Fish Culturist 1982
Length Variation in Species and Hybrid Populations of Blue, Channel, and White Catfishes Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Games Agencies 1982
PATERNAL PREDOMINANCE IN RECIPROCAL CHANNEL-BLUE HYBRID CATFISH Aquaculture 1982
COMMUNAL STOCKING AND MULTIPLE REARING TECHNIQUE FOR CATFISH GENETICS RESEARCH Journal of the World Mariculture Society 1982
BREEDING AND CULTURE OF THE RED-GOLD COLOR PHASE OF TILAPIA Journal of the World Mariculture Society 1982
Relative Harvestability by Angling of Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, and Their Reciprocal Hybrids North American Journal of Fisheries Management 1981
Growth in Response to Winter Feeding of Blue, Channel,
White, and Hybrid Catfishes		 Progressive Fish-Culturist 1981
Predicted Response to Selection for Early Growth in Tilapia nilotica Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 1980
FOOD HABITS AND GROWTH OF SILVER AND BIGHEAD CARP IN CAGES AND PONDS Aquaculture 1980
Trapping channel catfish from upland ponds Highlights of Agricultural Research 1979
Production of Tilapia hybrids with cattle manure or a commercial diet Symposium on culture of exotic fishes 1978
Genetics and Breeding of Channel Catfish Bulletin 1978
PRODUCTION OF NORMAL MALE AND ANDROGEN SEX-REVERSED Tilapia aurea AND T. nilotica FED A COMMERCIAL CATFISH DIET IN PONDS Symposium on the Culture of Exotic Fishes, Smitherman, Shelton and Grover, editors, Fish Culture Section, American Fisheries society. 1978
Progress and Prospects of Fish Farming (book chapter) New PRotein Foods 1976
Channel Catfish Virus Experiments with Different Strains of Channel Catfish Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 1975
FOOD HABITS OF HYBRID BUFFALOFISH, TILAPIA, ISRAELI CARP AND CHANNEL CATFISH IN POLYCULTURE Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 1975
PRODUCTION OF HYBRID (BLUE x CHANNEL) CATFISH AND CHANNEL CATFISH IN PONDS Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Games Agencies 1975
Catfish culture and the ag engineer Agricultural Engineering 1971
Food habits of the white amur stocked in ponds alone and in combination with other species Progessive Fish-Culturist 1971
OBSERVATIONS ON SPAWNlNG AND GROWTH OF
FOUR SPECIES OF BASSES (Micropterus) IN PONDS		 Proceedings of 25th Annual Conferenoe of the Southeastern Association of Game and Fish Commissioners 1971
DEVELOPMENT OF COLOR PATTERN IN POND REARED YOUNG OF FIVE Micropterus SPECIES OF SOUTHEASTERN U.S. Proceedings of 25th Annual Conference of the Southeastern Assooiation of Game and Fish Commissioners 1971
Effect of the strigeid trematode, Posthodiplostomum minimum, upon growth and mortality of bulegill, Lepomis Macrochirus FAO Fisheries Report 44 1968
Evaluation of eight species of fish for aquatic weed control FAO Fisheries Report 44 1968
EFFECfS OF SUPPLEMENTAL FEED AND FERTILIZER ON PRODUCTON OF RED SWAMP CRAWFlSH, Procambarus clarki, IN POOLS AND PONDS Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Games Agencies 1967
Estimation of bass numbers in a farm pond prior to draining with electro-shocking and angling Southeastern Game and fish Commissioners 1965
Experimental host Specificity of Posthodiplostomum minimum Experimental Parasitology 1965
Host Specificity of Posthodiplostomum minimum ( Trematoda ): Strigeida with twelve species of fishes and two sunfish hybrids Conference of the Southeastern Association of Game and Fish Commissioners 1964
Artificial Propagation of Sunfishes, with Meristic Comparisons of Three
Species of Lepomis and Five of Their Hybrids		 Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 1962