Record densities of Indo-Pacific lionfish on Bahamian coral reefs
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Lionfish in the Bahamas prey mostly on fishes (78% by volume), including 41 species from 21 families.
“Bahamian studies documented lionfish at 5 to 177 times higher densities than in their native range (Grubich et al. 2009), capable of reducing reef fish recruitment by 79% from experimental patch reefs, and preying mostly on fishes (78% by volume), including 41 species from 21 families (Albins & Hixon 2008, Green & Cote 2009, Morris & Akins 2009).”
From Diet of invasive lionfish on hard bottom reefs of the Southeast USA: insights from stomach contents and stable isotopes (2011) · cites this paper as Green & Cote 2009
The paper’s main text reports lionfish densities in the Bahamas and cites a 79% reduction in native-fish recruitment on experimental reefs. It does not address prey composition, the 78% by-volume figure, or the count of 41 species from 21 families (searched for those figures and lionfish diet). (LLM, conf=0.76)
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Invasive Indo-Pacific lionfish Pterois volitans reduce recruitment of Atlantic coral-reef fishes
Albins, M., & Hixon, M. (2008) · Marine Ecology Progress Series · doi:10.3354/meps07620 · Cited by 544 · see citing works
Fishelson, L. (1997) · Environmental Biology of Fishes · doi:10.1023/a:1007331304122 · Cited by 129 · see citing works
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- Whitfield PE, Hare JA, David AW, Harter SL, Munoz RC, Addison CM (2007) Abundance estimates of the Indo-Pacific lionfish Pterois volitans/miles complex in the Western North Atlantic. Biol Invasions 9:53-64
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Feeding ecology of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) in the Bahamian archipelago
Morris, J. A., & Akins, J. L. (2009) · Environmental Biology of Fishes · doi:10.1007/s10641-009-9538-8 · Cited by 368 · see citing works
Schofield, P. (2009) · Aquatic Invasions · doi:10.3391/ai.2009.4.3.5 · Cited by 271 · see citing works
Evaluating the potential efficacy of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) removals
Barbour, A. B., Allen, M. S., Frazer, T. K., & Sherman, K. D. (2011) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0019666 · Cited by 188 · see citing works
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Oogenesis and spawn formation in the invasive lionfish, Pterois miles and Pterois volitans
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“Female lionfish (n=718) were collected by spearfishing or hand nets from the northwestern Atlantic (North Carolina and the Bahamas) throughout the calendar year and euthanized by excess anesthesia in a bath of tricaine methane sulfonate or by cervical transection.”
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- Authors
- Green, S. J., & Côté, I. M.
- Affiliations
- Simon Fraser University (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Green, S. J.
- Venue
- Coral Reefs
- Published
- 2008-11-25
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 107-107
- ISSN
- 0722-4028 (ISSN-L)
- 1432-0975
- OpenAlex
- W2032129202
- Cited by
- 177
- References
- 2
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- FWCI
- 9.48
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Coral Reefs (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Keywords
- Indo-Pacific lionfish, Pterois, invasive species, population density
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