1. Mangrove use by the invasive lionfish Pterois volitans.
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Barbour, Andrew B., Montgomery, Meredith L., Adamson, Alecia A., Díaz-Ferguson, Edgardo, and Silliman, Brian R.
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PTEROIS volitans ,PREDATORS of fishes ,PREDATION ,MANGROVE plants ,CORAL reef fishes ,FISH conservation ,MARINE ecology - Abstract
The article discusses research on the utilization of mangrove plants by the invasive lionfish Pterois volitans in San Salvador Island, Bahamas. It examines the effects of lionfish on coral reef communitites for these predators is a major conservative concern in reef fish recruitment. It stresses that researchers used non-reef critical habitat to compare population size-structure and stomach contents of lionfishes in mangroves and coral reefs on the island. Researchers found out several prey items of lionfishes which include individuals of the families Palaemonidae, Penaeidae, and Gobidae through genetic analysis.
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- 2010
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