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Paula E. Whitfield
Researcher at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Publications - 38
Citations - 2410
Paula E. Whitfield is an academic researcher from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The author has contributed to research in topics: Pterois & Red lionfish. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 34 publications receiving 2273 citations. Previous affiliations of Paula E. Whitfield include National Ocean Service & University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
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Biological invasion of the Indo-Pacific lionfish Pterois volitans along the Atlantic coast of North America
Paula E. Whitfield,Todd Gardner,Stephen P. Vives,Matthew R. Gilligan,Walter R. Courtenay,G. Carleton Ray,Jonathan A. Hare +6 more
TL;DR: The lionfish Pterois volitans is reported from the western Atlantic Ocean and adults were collected off the coasts of North Carolina, Georgia and Florida, and juveniles were collected along the shore of Long Island, New York as mentioned in this paper.
Biology, ecology, control and management of the invasive Indo-Pacific lionfish: An updated integrated assessment
TL;DR: This integrated assessment provides a general overview of the biology and ecology of lionfish including genetics, taxonomy, reproductive biology, early life history and dispersal, venom defense and predation, and feeding ecology.
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Abundance estimates of the Indo-Pacific lionfish Pterois volitans/miles complex in the Western North Atlantic
Paula E. Whitfield,Jonathan A. Hare,Andrew W. David,Stacey Lyn Harter,Roldan C. Muñoz,Christine M. Addison +5 more
TL;DR: The magnitude and extent of the invasive Indo-Pacific lionfish invasion off the southeast coast of the United States is examined by first, compiling reports of lionfish to provide range information and second, estimate lionfish abundance from two separate studies.
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Thermal tolerance and potential distribution of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) on the east coast of the United States
TL;DR: The lionfish thermal tolerance data indicated that lionfish could overwinter on the southeast United States conti- nental shelf, with a northern limit of Cape Hatteras and an inshore limit coincident with the mean 12°C isotherm, which equates to a 10°C minimum water temperature as discussed by the authors.
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Effects of seagrass landscape structure, structural complexity and hydrodynamic regime on macrofaunal densities in North Carolina seagrass beds
TL;DR: In principal components analyses, species groupings were inconsistent between col- lection periods, though grouping by relative abundance was evident in some collection periods, and processes operating at larger than landscape spatial scales may influence faunal commu- nity patterns in these seagrass landscapes.