Investigation of ciguatoxins in invasive lionfish from the greater caribbean region: Implications for fishery development.

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...

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Main Authors: D Ransom Hardison, William C Holland, H Taiana Darius, Mireille Chinain, Patricia A Tester, Damian Shea, Alex K Bogdanoff, James A Morris, Harold A Flores Quintana, Christopher R Loeffler, Dayne Buddo, R Wayne Litaker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6010213?pdf=render