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Lionfish invaded the mesophotic coral ecosystem of the Parque Nacional Arrecife Alacranes, Southern Gulf of Mexico

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This work was supported by the Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas (CONANP) through the Parque Nacional Arrecife Alacranes. We thank I. Sobrino-Naal, A. Tuz-Sulub, J. Chi-Blanco, A. Coronado-Rivera, M. Milagro-Trujillo, and D. Camargo-Saavedra, for helping in many ways.

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  1. Departamento de Biología Marina, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Merida, Mexico

    A. Aguilar-Perera, L. Quijano-Puerto & R. C. Hernández-Landa

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Aguilar-Perera, A., Quijano-Puerto, L. & Hernández-Landa, R.C. Lionfish invaded the mesophotic coral ecosystem of the Parque Nacional Arrecife Alacranes, Southern Gulf of Mexico. Mar Biodiv 47, 15–16 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-016-0536-8

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