Monitoring an Alien Invasion: DNA Barcoding and the Identification of Lionfish and Their Prey on Coral Reefs of the Mexican Caribbean

BACKGROUND: In the Mexican Caribbean, the exotic lionfish Pterois volitans has become a species of great concern because of their predatory habits and rapid expansion onto the Mesoamerican coral reef, the second largest continuous reef system in the world. This is the first report of DNA identificat...

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Autores principales: Valdez-Moreno, Martha, Quintal-Lizama, Carolina, Gómez-Lozano, Ricardo, García-Rivas, María del Carmen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3365883/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22675470
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036636

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3365883/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22675470
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036636

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