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| Hardison, D. Ransom; Holland, William C.; Darius, H. Taiana; Chinain, Mireille; Tester, Patricia A.; Shea, Damian; Bogdanoff, Alex K.; Morris, James A., Jr.; Quintana, Harold A. Flores; Loeffler, Christopher R.; Buddo, Dayne; Litaker, R. Wayne. |
| Lionfish, native to reef ecosystems of the tropical and sub-tropical Indo-Pacific, were introduced to Florida waters in the 1980s, and have spread rapidly throughout the northwestern Atlantic, Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. These invasive, carnivorous fish significantly reduce other fish and benthic invertebrate biomass, fish recruitment, and species richness in reef ecosystems. Fisheries resource managers have proposed the establishment of a commercial fishery to reduce lionfish populations and mitigate adverse effects on reef communities. The potential for a commercial fishery for lionfish is the primary reason to identify locations where lionfish accumulate sufficient amounts of ciguatoxin (CTX) to cause ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP), the... |
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| Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00660/77221/78672.pdf |
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