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Phase shift to algal dominated communities at mesophotic depths associated with lionfish (Pterois volitans) invasion on a Bahamian coral reef
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“After lionfish invaded a mesophotic reef, Lesser and Slattery (2011) reported a shift from coral and sponge communities to algal dominated communities.”
From Reproductive biology of invasive lionfish (Pterois spp.) (2015) · cites this paper as Lesser and Slattery, 2011
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“Increased predation on herbivorous fish was implicated as the cause of the shift because it was not associated with bleaching, fishing, storms and disease (Lesser and Slattery, 2011).”
From Reproductive biology of invasive lionfish (Pterois spp.) (2015) · cites this paper as Lesser and Slattery, 2011
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“…fish communities, lionfish were capable of driving an overall shift in invertebrate assemblage composition (Layman et al., 2014) and shifting sites to algal-dominated habitats through predation on herbivorous reef fishes (Kindinger et al., 2017; Lesser and Slattery, 2011; Slattery et al., 2014).”
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“…increase hypothesis (Pawlik et al. 2022) and provided a clear contrast in the abundance of sponges at the 90–100 m depth zone relative to their own past studies conducted by technical diving that consistently recorded sponge abundances of ~ 80% (Lesser and Slattery 2011; Slattery and Lesser 2012).”
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“Lionfish are already known to disrupt mesophotic reef ecology, with the potential to cause a phase shift to algae dominated reefs by way of predation on native species, affecting both fish and coral assemblages (Lesser and Slattery 2011).”
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“This would contradict the work of Lesser and Slattery (2011) who found that lionfish ate more herbivores at depth.”
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“Moreover, our work has shown a repeatable pattern of increasing abundance, percent cover and biomass with increasing depth for sponges in the Caribbean and elsewhere (Lesser and Slattery 2011, 2018; Slattery and Lesser 2012, 2019; Lesser et al. 2018).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Lesser, M. P., & Slattery, M.
- Affiliations
- University of New Hampshire (US)
- University of Mississippi (US)
- Corresponding author
- Lesser, Michael P.
- Venue
- Biological Invasions
- Published
- 2011-04-28
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 1855-1868
- ISSN
- 1387-3547 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-1464
- OpenAlex
- W2056113156
- Cited by
- 253
- References
- 60
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 18 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 35 · 2018: 25 · 2017: 23 · 2016: 16 · 2015: 17 · 2014: 27 · 2013: 17 · 2012: 6
- FWCI
- 14.99
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Biological Invasions (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation
- NOAA Ocean Exploration
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Keywords
- Pterois volitans, phase shift, benthic community structure, invasive fish impacts
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