Predatory fish invaders: Insights from Indo-Pacific lionfish in the western Atlantic and Caribbean

Biological Conservation

Volumn 164, Issue , 2013, Pages 50-61

  Côté, Isabelle M ^a   Green, Stephanie J ^a,c   Hixon, Mark A ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquarium trade; Aquatic non indigenous species; Lionfish; Marine introductions

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CORAL REEF; FISH; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION MODELING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (WEST); CARIBBEAN SEA;

PISCES; PTEROIS; PTEROIS VOLITANS;

EID: 84878664476     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.04.014     Document Type: Review

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