The predatory Atlantic red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus, has invaded the western Taiwanese coast in the Indo-West Pacific

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1961-1965

  Liao, Yun Chih ^a   Chen, Li Shu ^b   Shao, Kwang Tsao ^a  

^a BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b Provisional Office   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biological invasion; Human release; Marine introduction; Red drum; Religious release; Sciaenops ocellatus; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BODY SIZE; COASTAL ZONE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATOR; SURVIVAL;

TAIWAN;

SCIAENOPS; SCIAENOPS OCELLATUS;

EID: 77953962327     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9642-x     Document Type: Article

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