Biological invasion of the Indo-Pacific lionfish Pterois volitans along the Atlantic coast of North America

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 235, Issue , 2002, Pages 289-297

  Whitfield, Paula E ^a   Gardner, Todd ^a   Vives, Stephen P ^a   Gilligan, Matthew R ^a   Courtenay Jr , Walter R ^a   Ray, G Carleton ^a   Hare, Jonathan A ^a  

^a Beaufort Lab   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Invasive species; Lionfish; Marine fish; Marine introductions; Nonindigenous species; Pteroinae; Pterois volitans; Scorpaenidae

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; FISH; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ATLANTIC COAST; NORTH AMERICA;

PTEROINAE; PTEROIS; PTEROIS SPHEX; PTEROIS VOLITANS; SCORPAENIDAE;

EID: 0037134733     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps235289     Document Type: Article

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