Description |
1 online resource |
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Marine Biology |
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JARE data reports. Marine biology
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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 |
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English |
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Description based on print version record |
Subject |
Pterois volitans -- South Atlantic States
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Pterois volitans -- Caribbean Area
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Pterois miles -- South Atlantic States
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Pterois miles -- Caribbean Area
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Pterois volitans -- Control -- South Atlantic States
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Pterois volitans -- Control -- Caribbean Area
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Pterois miles -- Control -- South Atlantic States
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Pterois miles -- Control -- Caribbean Area
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NATURE -- Animals -- Fish.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Ichthyology & Herpetology.
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Pterois miles
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Pterois volitans
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Caribbean Area
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United States -- South Atlantic States
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Sullivan, Harris A
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McCreedy, Cliff.
Lionfish response plan. 2013
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Morris, James A., Jr. (James Adiel).
Biology, ecology, control, and management of the invasive Indo-Pacific lionfish. 2013
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LC no. |
2020678264 |
ISBN |
9781629481159 |
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1629481157 |
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