Lionfish envenomation in Caribbean and Atlantic waters: Climate change and invasive species
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‘Caribbean Creep’ Chills Out: Climate Change and Marine Invasive Species
BACKGROUND New marine invasions have been recorded in increasing numbers along the world's coasts due in part to the warming of the oceans and the ability of many invasive marine species to tolerate a broader thermal range than native species. Several marine invertebrate species have invaded the U.S. southern and mid-Atlantic coast from the Caribbean and this poleward range expansion has been t...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Women's Dermatology
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2352-6475
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijwd.2020.05.016