Mitochondrial control region sequence analyses indicate dispersal from the US East Coast as the source of the invasive Indo-Pacific lionfish Pterois volitans in the Bahamas

Marine Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1213-1221

  Wilson Freshwater, D ^a   Hines, Andrew ^a   Parham, Seth ^a   Wilbur, Ami ^a   Sabaoun, Michelle ^b   Woodhead, Jennifer ^b   Akins, Lad ^c   Purdy, Bruce ^d   Whitfield, Paula E ^e   Paris, Claire B ^f  

^a Center for Marine Science Research   (United States)

^b Emergency Department   (United States)

^c Reef Environmental Education Foundation   (United States)

^d Blackbeard's Cruises   (United States)

^e NOAA Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CONNECTIVITY; DISPERSAL; FISH; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MITOCHONDRION; REEF;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PTEROIS; PTEROIS VOLITANS;

EID: 64249119324     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1163-8     Document Type: Article

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