| Title |
Monitoring an Alien Invasion: DNA Barcoding and the Identification of Lionfish and Their Prey on Coral Reefs of the Mexican Caribbean
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, June 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0036636 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Martha Valdez-Moreno, Carolina Quintal-Lizama, Ricardo Gómez-Lozano, María del Carmen García-Rivas |
| Abstract |
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 identification of stomach contents of lionfish using the barcode of life reference database (BOLD). |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 9 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 11% |
| Mexico | 1 | 11% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 11% |
| Unknown | 6 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 8 | 89% |
| Scientists | 1 | 11% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 253 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 2% |
| Mexico | 6 | 2% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Belize | 1 | <1% |
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 236 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 52 | 21% |
| Researcher | 46 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 46 | 18% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 36 | 14% |
| Other | 14 | 6% |
| Other | 37 | 15% |
| Unknown | 22 | 9% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 159 | 63% |
| Environmental Science | 35 | 14% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 9 | 4% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 2% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 3 | 1% |
| Other | 9 | 4% |
| Unknown | 34 | 13% |