InvasiveSpecies
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Invasive Species
What are invasive species?
- An organism or plant that is introduced to a new environment where it is not native [1]
Impact
Common examples
Lionfish
- Where it came from (Hurricane Andrew) [5]
- Sightings and dispersal [5]
- Impact on coral reef ecosystems [6] [7]
- Effects on people
- Effects on fisheries [5]
- Explosive populations [8]
- Control and management? [5]
Management Plans
Notes
- ↑ www.oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/invasive.html
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 http://www.hawaiicoralreefstrategy.com/index.php/local-action-strategies/aquatic-invasive-species
- ↑ Levin et al. "Community-wide effects of non-indigenous species on temperate rocky reefs." Ecology. Vol. 83: 3182:3193, 2002
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/marine/marine_our_work/marine_invasives/seychelles/
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 http://coris.noaa.gov/exchanges/lionfish/
- ↑ Albins, Mark A. and Mark A. Hixon. "Invasive Indo-Pacific lionfish Pterois volitans reduce recruitment of Atlantic coral-reef fishes." Mar Ecol Prog Ser. Vol. 367: 233-238. 2008
- ↑ Barbour et al. "Mangrove use by the invasive lionfish Pterois volitans." Mar Ecol Prog Ser. Vol. 401: 291-294. 2010
- ↑ Morris, James A. and John L. Akins. "Feeding ecology of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) in the Bahamian archipelago." Environ Biol Fish. Vol. 86: 389:398. 2009