Are the ecological effects of the "worst" marine invasive species linked with scientific and media attention?

PLoS One · 2019 · PMC6472817 · PMID 30998797

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Once a species was labeled invasive, there was a clear trend to recognize this species and use the “invasive” label to describe that species more rapidly at each successive detection in a new geographic region.

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