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17 - Behaviours of Pacific Lionfish Facilitate Invasion of the Atlantic

from Part III - Case Studies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2016

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Mark A. Albins
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Judith S. Weis  and
Daniel Sol
Judith S. Weis
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Rutgers University, New Jersey
Daniel Sol
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National Spanish Research Council (CSIC)
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Biological Invasions and Animal Behaviour , pp. 309 - 323
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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