Evaluating the potential efficacy of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) removals

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Barbour, Andrew B ^a   Allen, Michael S ^a   Frazer, Thomas K ^a   Sherman, Krista D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b BAHAMAS NATIONAL TRUST   (Bahamas)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; FISH; HABITAT SELECTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION MODEL; POPULATION RECOVERY; POPULATION REGULATION; POPULATION SIZE; PREDICTION; PTEROIS VOLITANS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES INVASION; AGING; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MALE; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

PTEROIS; PTEROIS MILES; PTEROIS VOLITANS;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NORTH CAROLINA; PERCIFORMES;

EID: 79955890223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019666     Document Type: Article

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