Predicted impact of the invasive lionfish Pterois volitans on the food web of a Caribbean coral reef

Environmental Research

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 917-925

  Arias González, Jesús Ernesto ^a   González Gándara, Carlos ^b   Luis Cabrera, José ^a   Christensen, Villy ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alacranes Reef; Caribbean; Food web modeling; Invasive species; M xico; Pterois volitans

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CORAL REEF; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOOD WEB; INVASIVE SPECIES; OMNIVORY; OVERFISHING; TELEOST;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARNIVORE; COMPUTER MODEL; CORAL REEF; ECOPATH MODEL; ECOPATH WITH ECOSIM MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISH; FOOD WEB; INVASIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; OMNIVORE; PREDATOR; PREDICTION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTEROIS VOLITANS; SHARK; SIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CARIBBEAN REGION; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

ANTHOZOA; CHONDRICHTHYES; PTEROIS; PTEROIS VOLITANS;

EID: 80053222964     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2011.07.008     Document Type: Article

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