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FISH FOR CONTROL OF AQUATIC WEEDS,

MOSQUITOES & MIDGES

Research supported by Imperial, Coachella & Palo Verde Irrigation Districts,

Biological Aquatic Weed & Mosquito Control grants.  The project initiation by

Dr. Alex Calhoun, Calif. Dept. of Fish & Game is gratefully acknowledged

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104. Legner, E. F. & R. A. Medved. 1973. Predation of mosquitoes and chironomid midges in ponds by Tilapia zillii (Gervais) and T. mossambica (Peters) (Teleosteii: Cichlidae). Proc. Calif. Mosq. Contr. Assoc., Inc. 41: 119-121.

109. Legner, E. F. & R. A. Medved. 1973. Influence of Tilapia mossambica (Peters), T. zillii (Gervais) (Cichlidae) and Mollienesia latipinna LeSueur (Poeciliidae) on pond populations of Culex mosquitoes and chironomid midges. J. Amer. Mosq. Contr. Assoc. 33(3): 354-364.

110. Legner, E. F., T. W. Fisher & R. A. Medved. 1973. Biological control of aquatic weeds in the lower Colorado River basin. Proc. Calif. Mosq. Contr. Assoc., Inc. 41: 115-117.

124. Legner, E. F. & R. A. Medved. 1974. The native desert pupfish, Cyprinodon macularius Baird and Girard, a substitute for Gambusia in mosquito control? Proc. Calif. Mosq. Contr. Assoc., Inc. 42: 58-59.

136. Legner, E. F., R. A. Medved & W. J. Hauser. 1975. Predation by the desert pupfish, Cyprinodon macularius on Culex mosquitoes and benthic chironomid midges. Entomophaga 20(1): 23-30.

142. Legner, E. F., W. J. Hauser, T. W. Fisher & R. A. Medved. 1975. Biological aquatic weed control by fish in the lower Sonoran Desert of California. Calif. Agric. 29(11): 8-10.

158. Hauser, W. J., E. F. Legner, R. A. Medved & S. Platt. 1976. Tilapia-- a management tool for biological control of aquatic weeds and insects. Bull. Amer. Fisheries Soc. 1(2): 15-16.

160. Hauser, W. J. & E. F. Legner. 1976. Simple, inexpensive technique for tagging fish. The Progressive Fish Culturist 38(1): 18-19.

168. Hauser, W. J., E. F. Legner & F. E. Robinson. 1977. Biological control of aquatic weeds by fish in irrigation channels. Proc. Water Management For Irrigation & Drainage. ASCE/Reno, Nevada, Jul. 20-22. pp. 139-145.

170. Legner, E. F. & F. W. Pelsue. 1977. Adaptations of Tilapia to Culex and chironomid midge ecosystems in south California. Proc. Calif. Mosq. & Vector Contr. Assoc., Inc. 45: 95-97.

171. Legner, E. F. 1977. Response of Culex spp. larvae and their natural insect predators to two inoculation rates with Dugesia dorotocephala (Woodworth) in shallow ponds. J. Amer. Mosq. Contr. Assoc. 37(3): 435-440.

179. Legner, E. F. 1978. Efforts to control Hydrilla verticillata Royle with herbivorous Tilapia zillii (Gervais) in Imperial County irrigation canals. Proc. Calif. Mosq. & Vector Contr. Assoc., Inc. 46: 103-104.

180. Legner, E. F. 1978. Mass culture of Tilapia zillii [Cichlidae] in pond ecosystems. Entomophaga 23(1): 51-56.

187. Legner, E. F. 1979. Considerations in the management of Tilapia for biological aquatic weed control. Proc. Calif. Mosq. & Vector Contr. Assoc., Inc. 47: 44-45.

191. Legner, E. F. & T. W. Fisher. 1980. Impact of Tilapia zillii (Gervais) on Potamogeton pectinatus L., Myriophyllum spicatum var. exalbescens Jepson, and mosquito reproduction in lower Colorado Desert irrigation canals. Acta Oecologica, Oecol. Applic. 1(1): 3-14.

193. Walters, L. L. & E. F. Legner. 1980. Impact of the desert pupfish, Cyprinodon macularius, and Gambusia affinis on fauna in pond ecosystems. Hilgardia 48(3): 1-18.

194. Legner, E. F., R. A. Medved & F. Pelsue. 1980. Changes in chironomid breeding patterns in a paved river channel following adaptation of cichlids of the Tilapia mossambica-hornorum complex. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 73(1): 293-299.

195. Legner, E. F. 1980. Myriophyllum growth in irrigation canals following reductions of competitive Potamogeton by Tilapia zillii. Proc. Calif. Mosq. & Vector Contr. Assoc., Inc. 48: 117.

196. Legner, E. F. & F. W. Pelsue, Jr. 1980. Bioconversion: Tilapia fish turn insects and weeds into edible protein. Calif. Agric. 34(11-12): 13-14.

199. Legner, E. F. & C. A. Murray. 1981. Feeding rates and growth of the fish Tilapia zillii [Cichlidae] on Hydrilla verticillata, Potamogeton pectinatus and Myriophyllum spicatum var. exalbescens and interactions in irrigation canals in southeastern California. J. Amer. Mosq. Contr. Assoc. 41(2): 241-250.

212. Legner, E. F. & F. W. Pelsue, Jr. 1983. Contemporary appraisal of the population dynamics of introduced cichlid fish in south California. Proc. Calif. Mosq. & Vector Contr. Assoc., Inc. 51: 38-39.

216. Legner, E. F. 1983. Imported cichlid behaviour in California. Proc. Intern. Symp. on Tilapia in aquaculture, Nazareth, Israel, 8-13 May, 1983. Tel Aviv Univ. Publ. 59-63.

250. Legner, E. F. & R. W. Warkentin. 1990. Rationale for the desert pupfish, Cyprinodon macularius, as a complement to Gambusia in mosquito control. Calif. Mosq. & Vector Contr. Assoc., Inc. 57: 142-145.

261. Legner, E. F. 1995. Biological control of Diptera of medical and veterinary importance. J. Vector Ecology 20(1): 59-120.

266. Garcia, R. & E. F. Legner. 1999. Biological control of medical and veterinary pests. In: T. W. Fisher & T. S. Bellows, Jr. (eds.), Chapter 15, p. 935-953, Handbook of Biological Control: Principles and Applications. Academic Press, San Diego, CA 1046 P.

267. Legner, E. F. 2000. Biological control of aquatic Diptera. p. 847-870. Contributions to a Manual of Palaearctic Diptera, Vol. 1, Science Herald, Budapest. 978 p.