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Title The invasive lionfish : assessments and impact management / Harris A. Sullivan, editor
Published New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2013]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Marine Biology
JARE data reports. Marine biology
Contents Lionfish response plan : a systematic approach to managing impacts from the lionfish, an invasive species, in units of the National Park System / Cliff McCreedy, C. Anna Toline, Vanessa McDonough -- Biology, ecology, control and management of the invasive Indo-Pacific lionfish : an updated integrated assessment / James A. Morris, Jr., and Paula E. Whitfield, NOAA, National Ocean Service National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research
Summary Venomous Indo-Pacific lionfish (Pterois miles and P. volitans) are now established along the Southeast U.S.A. and parts of the Caribbean and pose a serious threat to reef fish communities of these regions. Lionfish are likely to invade the Gulf of Mexico and potentially South America in the near future. Introductions of lionfish were noted since the 1980s along south Florida and by 2000 lionfish were established off the coast of North Carolina. Lionfish are now one of the more numerous predatory reef fishes at some locations off the Southeast U.S.A. and Caribbean. Lionfish are largely piscivor
Notes Originally published (1st work): Fort Collins, Colorado : National Park Service, 2012 ; and (2nd work) NOAA, National Service, 2009
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 122-128) and index
Notes Includes index
English
Description based on print version record
Subject Pterois volitans -- South Atlantic States
Pterois volitans -- Caribbean Area
Pterois miles -- South Atlantic States
Pterois miles -- Caribbean Area
Pterois volitans -- Control -- South Atlantic States
Pterois volitans -- Control -- Caribbean Area
Pterois miles -- Control -- South Atlantic States
Pterois miles -- Control -- Caribbean Area
NATURE -- Animals -- Fish.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Ichthyology & Herpetology.
Pterois miles
Pterois volitans
Caribbean Area
United States -- South Atlantic States
Form Electronic book
Author Sullivan, Harris A
McCreedy, Cliff. Lionfish response plan. 2013
Morris, James A., Jr. (James Adiel). Biology, ecology, control, and management of the invasive Indo-Pacific lionfish. 2013
LC no. 2020678264
ISBN 9781629481159
1629481157