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Lion fish in Venezuela [Pez León]
Citation
Contact: Klein Salas, Eduardo
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Availability: Creative Commons License This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Description
Lion fish sightings in the South Caribbean by volunteer divers and fishermen. The purpose of this project is to gain information about the progress of this invasive species along the Venezuelan coast. The data might help to develop and implement control and management plans, and could lead to further research on the ecology of the Lion fish in the waters of Venezuela.
Scope
Themes:
Biology > Fish
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, ASW, Venezuela, Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758)
Geographical coverage
ASW, Venezuela [Marine Regions]
Temporal coverage
2009 - 2014
Taxonomic coverage
Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Parameter
Animal sightings
Contributors
Universidad Simon Bolivar, more, data creator
Castillo, Julio
Universidad Simon Bolivar; Institute of Technology and Marine Sciences (INTECMAR), more
Klein Salas, Eduardo
Related datasets
Published in:
CarOBIS: Caribbean Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more
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Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Monitoring: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2015-03-20
Information last updated: 2015-03-20
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