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<journal-id>0122-9761</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Boletín de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras - INVEMAR]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Bol. investig. mar. Costeras]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0122-9761</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS Y COSTERAS "JOSE BENITO VIVES DE ANDRÉIS" (INVEMAR)    INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS Y COSTERAS -JOSE BENITO VIVES DE ANDRÉIS- (INVEMAR)]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0122-97612016000200317</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[DENSIDAD Y ESTRUCTURA DE TALLAS DEL PEZ LEÓN PTEROIS VOLITANS (SCORPAENIDAE) EN EL CARIBE OCCIDENTAL INSULAR COLOMBIANO]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Density and size structure of lionfish Pterois volitans (Scorpaenidae) in the insular Western Colombian Caribbean]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[González-Corredor]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juan David]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Acero P]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Arturo]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[García-Urueña]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rocío]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Colombia  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santa Marta ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras, INVEMAR  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santa Marta ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad del Magdalena  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santa Marta ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>45</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>317</fpage>
<lpage>333</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0122-97612016000200317&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0122-97612016000200317&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0122-97612016000200317&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN En los últimos años se ha reconocido la problemática causada por especies invasoras, consideradas el segundo causal de pérdida de diversidad después de la degradación del hábitat. El pez león (Pterois volitans), especie originaria del Pacífico occidental, fue visto por primera vez al sur de la Florida en 1985. A partir de 2000 se ha dispersado y establecido en la costa este de Estados Unidos, Bermudas, las Bahamas, y desde 2007 se ha expandido por el Caribe, registrándose en localidades oceánicas y continentales de Colombia en 2008 y 2009, respectivamente. Las condiciones de San Andrés permiten profundizar en el conocimiento de los diferentes aspectos de esta invasión y se constituye en un experimento natural para entender cómo se comporta una población cuando coloniza un lugar. Estimar la abundancia y densidad así como la estructura de tallas en el ambiente insular del Caribe colombiano, permitirá hacer aproximaciones válidas a estrategias que mitiguen el efecto nocivo del invasor. Mediante censos visuales se muestrearon 1200 m2 repartidos en tres estaciones (Bajo Bonito, Villa Érika y West Point). La densidad promedio fue de 379.03 ind/ha (± 220) para una población estimada de 109.6826 x 104 individuos con una talla promedio de 29.03 cm (± 2.47).]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT The problems produced by invading species have been recognized in the last years, considering the situation the second cause of biodiversity lost, after habitat degradation. The lion fish (Pterois volitans), a species native to the Western Pacific, was first detected in southern Florida in 1985. Since 2000 the species began dispersing, extending first to the east coast of the United States, Bermuda, and Bahamas, and, after 2007, it has expanded to the Caribbean, appearing in Colombian oceanic and continental localities in 2008 and 2009, respectively. San Andrés natural conditions ease deeper understanding of several aspects of the invasion and constitutes a natural experiment to study the process and behavior of the colonization. Estimations of its abundance, density and size structure in the island environment of the Colombian Caribbean should allow making valid approximations to mitigating strategies. 1200 m2 distributed in three stations (Bajo Bonito, Villa Erika, and West Point) were studied in the island. A density of 379.03 ind/ha (± 220) and a total population of 109.6826 x 104 individuals with a mean size of 29.03 (± 2.47) cm were found.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Especie invasora]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Estructura de tallas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Arrecifes coralinos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[San Andrés]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Reserva Biosfera Seaflower]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Size structure]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Coral reefs]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[San Andrés]]></kwd>
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