Lionfish invasion in nearshore waters of the Bahamas : an examination of the effects of artificial structures and invader versus native species colonization rates

Artificial structures can facilitate invasion of non-native marine epibiota by providing unoccupied habitat for colonization. Few studies have examined whether similar effects occur in mobile taxa like reef fishes, despite the widespread occurrence of anthropogenic structure in the world’s coastlin...

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Main Author: Smith, Nicola Simone
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/27242