The invasive red lionfish, Pterois volitans (Linnaeus 1758), in the southwestern Caribbean Sea

Aquatic Invasions

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 507-510

  González, Juliana ^a   Grijalba Bendeck, Marcela ^a   Arturo, Acero P ^b   Ricardo, Betancur R ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD JORGE TADEO LOZANO   (Colombia)

^b Universidad Nacional de Colombia   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Colombia; Invasion; Lionfish; P. miles; Pterois volitans; Western atlantic

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959372684     PISSN: 17986540     EISSN: 18185487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/ai.2009.4.3.12     Document Type: Article

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