Coping with the Lionfish Invasion: Can Targeted Removals Yield Beneficial Effects?

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• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  Reviews in Fisheries Science

• Publication date

  2012-07-12

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1080/10641262.2012.700655
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