Revealing the appetite of the marine aquarium fish trade: The volume and biodiversity of fish imported into the united states

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Rhyne, Andrew L ^a,b   Tlusty, Michael F ^a   Schofield, Pamela J ^c   Kaufman, Les ^a,d,e   Morris, James A ^f   Bruckner, Andrew W ^g  

^a NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM   (United States)

^b ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY MARINE PROGRAM   (United States)

^e Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^g KHALED BIN SULTAN LIVING OCEANS FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL FOOD; APPETITE; AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; MARINE AQUARIUM FISH; NONHUMAN; UNITED STATES; WILDLIFE;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES;

EID: 84861312691     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035808     Document Type: Article

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