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Phase shift to algal dominated communities at mesophotic depths associated with lionfish (Pterois volitans) invasion on a Bahamian coral reef

Lesser, Michael P., Slattery, Marc·2011·Biological Invasions

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No change in key reef fish herbivores or reef fisher yields in Barbados a decade after the lionfish invasion
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Authors: Lesser, M. P., & Slattery, M.
Affiliations: University of New Hampshire (US)
University of Mississippi (US)
Corresponding author: Lesser, Michael P.
ORCID: Lesser, Michael P.
Slattery, Marc
Venue: Biological Invasions
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2011-04-28
Volume: 13
Issue: 8
Pages: 1855-1868
ISSN: 1387-3547 (ISSN-L)
1573-1464
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-011-0005-z
OpenAlex: W2056113156
Cited by: 253
References: 60
Citations by year: 2026: 5 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 18 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 35 · 2018: 25 · 2017: 23 · 2016: 16 · 2015: 17 · 2014: 27 · 2013: 17 · 2012: 6
FWCI: 14.99
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations: Biological Invasions (publishedVersion)
Funders: National Science Foundation
NOAA Ocean Exploration
Topics: Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Fish Ecology and Management Studies
Keywords: Pterois volitans, phase shift, benthic community structure, invasive fish impacts

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