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Thermal tolerance and potential distribution of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) on the east coast of the United States
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MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsTheme Sections MEPS 283:269-278 (2004) - doi:10.3354/meps283269 Thermal tolerance and potential distribution of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) on the east coast of the United States Matthew E. Kimball1,2,3, John M. Miller2, Paula E. Whitfield1, Jonathan A. Hare1,* 1Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research, NOAA Beaufort Laboratory, 101 Pivers Island Road, Beaufort, North Carolina 28516, USA 2Department of Zoology, Campus Box 7617, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7617, USA 3Present address: Rutgers University Marine Field Station, 800 c/o 132 Great Bay Boulevard, Tuckerton, New Jersey 08087-2004, USA *Corresponding author. Email: jon.hare@noaa.gov ABSTRACT: The occurrence of lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles) complex on the southeast United States shelf represents one of the first documented invasions of a Pacific marine fish species into the western Atlantic Ocean. Temperature has been proposed as a possible factor limiting the range of this introduction. To examine this hypothesis, temperature-tolerance studies were conducted following the chronic lethal minimum protocol, with death as the endpoint. Overall, the mean chronic lethal minimum was 10.0°C and mean temperature at feeding cessation was 16.1°C. Rate of temperature decrease and acclimation temperature did not have a significant effect on chronic lethal minimum or temperature at feeding cessation. When combined with mean February water temperatures, lionfish thermal tolerance data indicated that lionfish could overwinter on the southeast United States continental 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. The mean 12°C bottom isotherm also runs along the continental shelf break (200 m isobath), marking the offshore limit for lionfish on the southeast United States continental shelf. The current southern limit of the invasion is not bound by temperature, as lionfish could survive (but have not yet been reported) on the Florida coast south of Miami, throughout the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, extending into the southern hemisphere. Possible reasons for the constrained southern limit may include planktonic transport mechanisms, patterns of juvenile and adult movements, and the initial lionfish introduction site. KEY WORDS: Marine introduction · Biological invasion · Lionfish · Pterois volitans · Pterois miles · Invasive species · Species range limits · Temperature tolerance Full text in pdf format PreviousNextExport citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in MEPS Vol. 283. Online publication date: November 30, 2004 Print ISSN: 0171-8630; Online ISSN: 1616-1599 Copyright © 2004 Inter-Research.
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Chronic lethal minimum experiments indicate invasive lionfish can tolerate winter temperatures on the southeast US continental shelf, with an overall mean CLmin of 10.0°C and feeding cessation at 16.1°C. Combining these limits with February water temperatures predicts overwintering from Cape Hatteras southward, bounded inshore by the 12°C isotherm and offshore near the shelf break, while the southern limit is not temperature-bound.
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- Overall mean chronic lethal minimum was 10.0°C (SD = 0.9), and mean temperature at feeding cessation was 16.1°C.
- Rate of temperature decline had no significant effect on CLmin: means were 10.0°C at -3°C d⁻¹, 10.6°C at -2°C d⁻¹, and 9.7°C at -1°C d⁻¹; feeding cessation means were 18.0°C, 17.0°C, and 15.3°C, respectively.
- Acclimation temperature had no significant effect on CLmin: means were 9.3°C at 25°C, 9.2°C at 20°C, and 9.3°C at 15°C acclimation; feeding cessation occurred at 14.0°C, 15.4°C, and 15.0°C.
- Predicted potential range extends south from Cape Hatteras onto the Gulf of Mexico shelf, with the inshore limit coincident with the mean 12°C isotherm (equating to a 10°C minimum) and the offshore limit near the 200 m isobath; the current southern limit is not bound by temperature, as lionfish could survive south of Miami, throughout the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean, and into the southern hemisphere but have not been reported there.
Methods
- Chronic lethal minimum protocol with death as endpoint; juvenile lionfish averaged 8.0 cm standard length (SD = 1.3), held at 35 salinity and 25°C before trials.
- Three experiments: Expt 1 tested -1°C d⁻¹ decline (n = 10); Expt 2 tested -3, -2, and -1°C d⁻¹ (n = 6, 6, 3); Expt 3 tested acclimation to 15°C (n = 6), 20°C (n = 6), and 25°C (n = 3) before -1°C d⁻¹ decline.
- ANOVA tested effects of decline rate and acclimation temperature on CLmin and feeding cessation; distribution was predicted by comparing experimental limits with NOAA CoastWatch February sea surface temperature composites (382 images, 1995–2003) and bottom-temperature climatology.
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- The paper states that the predicted range is based on laboratory-derived CLmin; field minimum tolerable temperatures may be higher because of long-term bioenergetic costs of prolonged sublethal cold exposure and feeding cessation above the CLmin.
- The paper states that the range prediction uses a 50-year average of bottom water temperature and a 9-year median of sea surface temperature, so interannual variability and long-term ocean temperature changes will shift thermally suitable habitat.
- The paper states that the offshore limit cannot resolve whether depth or temperature is limiting, because the 12°C bottom isotherm coincides with the 200 m shelf break; evident limitations include small sample sizes in some treatments, use of juvenile fish only, and experiments conducted independent of species designation because of uncertainty over *Pterois volitans/miles* status.
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“Since the year 2000, adult and juvenile lionfish have been observed on the mid-and outer-continental shelf (20 to 80 m) off the southeast United States (Whitfield et al. 2002).”
§ Thermal tolerance and potential distribution of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) on the east coast of the United States > KEY WORDS: Marine introduction • Biological invasion • Lionfish • Pterois volitans • Pterois miles • Invasive species • Species range limits • Temperature tolerance
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- Partly supportedcites Whitfield et al. 2002 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The observations in Table 1 (p. 291) document adult lionfish off North Carolina and Georgia from 2000 onward, at depths of 38–43 m. They do not document juveniles on the southeastern shelf or observations across the claimed 20–80 m range: the listed juveniles were collected off Long Island at 1 m depth. (LLM, conf=0.91)
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“All available evidence indicates that the introduction of lionfish resulted from aquarium releases (Courtenay 1995, Whitfield et al. 2002, Hare & Whitfield 2003).”
§ Thermal tolerance and potential distribution of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) on the east coast of the United States > DISCUSSION
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- Not matchedcites Courtenay 1995
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- Partly supportedcites Whitfield et al. 2002 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Abstract identifies aquarium releases as the most likely pathway, and the Method of introduction section gives reasons for that assessment. But the Abstract says ballast-water introduction cannot be ruled out, so the source does not establish that aquarium releases were the cause. (LLM, conf=0.88)
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Hare & Whitfield 2003
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“The mean CLmin.values for the -3, -2 and -1°C d -1 treatments were 10.0°C (SD = 0, n = 6), 10.6°C (SD = 0.9, n = 5), and 9.7°C (SD = 0.6, n = 3) (Fig. 4C).”
§ Thermal tolerance and potential distribution of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) on the east coast of the United States > Expt 2. Effects of rate of temperature decline
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“the bottom-temperature climatology showed the 12°C isotherm coinciding with the 200 m isobath (Fig. 5)”
§ Thermal tolerance and potential distribution of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) on the east coast of the United States > Distribution and potential overwintering range
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“The mean CLmin.value was 10.7°C, with very little variation (SD = 0.5, n = 10; Fig. 4A).”
§ Thermal tolerance and potential distribution of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) on the east coast of the United States > Expt 1. Effects of winter water temperatures
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“The average CLmin. across all experiments was 10.0°C (SD = 0.9).”
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“The average duration of 19 decreasing temperature events was 4 d, and the rates of decrease ranged from -0.25 to -2.75°C d -1 (Fig. 1C).”
§ Thermal tolerance and potential distribution of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) on the east coast of the United States > Rate of temperature decline on the southeast United States continental shelf.
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“Median sea-surface temperature isotherms corresponded closely with average bottom temperature isotherms (Fig. 3).”
§ Thermal tolerance and potential distribution of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) on the east coast of the United States > Distribution and potential overwintering range.
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“The average duration of 19 decreasing temperature events was 4 d, and the rates of decrease ranged from -0.25 to -2.75°C d -1 (Fig. 1C).”
§ Thermal tolerance and potential distribution of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) on the east coast of the United States > Rate of temperature decline on the southeast United States continental shelf.
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“The mean CLmin.values for the -3, -2 and -1°C d -1 treatments were 10.0°C (SD = 0, n = 6), 10.6°C (SD = 0.9, n = 5), and 9.7°C (SD = 0.6, n = 3) (Fig. 4C).”
§ Thermal tolerance and potential distribution of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) on the east coast of the United States > Expt 2. Effects of rate of temperature decline
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“Further, the incongruence between the inshore distribution of lionfish in their native range and their primarily offshore distribution in their introduced range could be a result of temperature-limited distribution during winter (Whitfield et al. 2002).”
§ Thermal tolerance and potential distribution of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) on the east coast of the United States > KEY WORDS: Marine introduction • Biological invasion • Lionfish • Pterois volitans • Pterois miles • Invasive species • Species range limits • Temperature tolerance
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- Partly supportedcites Whitfield et al. 2002 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Fig. 4 caption (listed under Future work; page not provided) identifies the February 16°C isotherm as a likely inshore limit for lionfish habitat on the southeastern U.S. shelf, supporting the proposed winter-temperature explanation. The paper also describes offshore observations, but the passages do not establish a generally inshore distribution in the native range or explicitly make the claimed native-versus-introduced comparison. (LLM, conf=0.83)
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“Generally, as acclimation temperature increases low temperature tolerance limits also increase (Ward et al. 1993, Currie et al. 1998, Beitinger & Bennett 2000).”
§ Thermal tolerance and potential distribution of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) on the east coast of the United States > DISCUSSION
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The Results and Discussion section reports that each 1°C decrease in acclimation temperature corresponds, on average, to a 0.4°C gain in cold tolerance in juvenile red drum. This supports the cited relationship: higher acclimation temperatures correspond to higher low-temperature tolerance limits. (LLM, conf=0.90)
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“Although limited in a zoogeographic sense, the spread of lionfish along the entire southeast United States continental shelf occurred quickly; the area of thermally appropriate habitat was occupied within the scale of 1 to 10 yr (Whitfield et al. 2002, Hare & Whitfield 2003).”
§ Thermal tolerance and potential distribution of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) on the east coast of the United States > DISCUSSION
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- Partly supportedcites Whitfield et al. 2002 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The observations table and Potential survival section report adult lionfish off North Carolina in 2000–2001, Georgia in 2001, and Florida in 2002; the paper concludes that lionfish were likely established along the southeastern shelf. But its Future work section calls for determining the introduction’s spatial extent and refining the map of potential habitat. It does not establish that the entire thermally appropriate area was occupied, or give a 1-to-10-year timescale for that occupation. (LLM, conf=0.84)
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“Along the southeast United States continental shelf, the majority of lionfish have been observed between 35 and 45 m, with a maximum observed depth of 80 m (Whitfield et al. 2002).”
§ Thermal tolerance and potential distribution of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) on the east coast of the United States > DISCUSSION
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- Partly supportedcites Whitfield et al. 2002 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
Table 1 (p. 291) places the documented lionfish observations off North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida at 38–43 m, supporting the 35–45 m portion of the claim. It does not report an observation at 80 m; the Future work section instead recommends searching southeastern-shelf reefs and wrecks between 30 and 50 m. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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“Regression intercepts were 3.70 and 6.68°C for the outer shelf locations, indicating that surface waters were warmer than bottom waters; this thermal stratification on the outer shelf probably results from the Gulf Stream water intruding onto the shelf at the surface (Atkinson 1985).”
§ Thermal tolerance and potential distribution of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) on the east coast of the United States > Distribution and potential overwintering range.
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“'Normal' behavior was seen in fish acclimated to 20°C, but reduced feeding was observed when fish were offered food.”
§ Thermal tolerance and potential distribution of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) on the east coast of the United States > Expt 3. Effects of acclimation temperature
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“Lionfish acclimated to 15°C were predominantly stationary throughout the entire holding period and fed infrequently, often abandoning efforts to catch food after a single attempt.”
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“Fish acclimated to 25°C displayed 'normal' behavior (as described in Expt 1) and fed regularly when food was offered.”
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“All lionfish were initially labeled by the vendor as Pterois volitans, but meristic analyses of some lionfish originating from Sumatra (origin characterized and labeled by the vendor) identified some individuals as P. miles.”
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“Several fish in the 15°C acclimation group showed interest and attempted to feed, but quickly abandoned any offered food after an initial unsuccessful attempt.”
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“Out of 6 fish, 5 fed in the 20°C acclimation group, while only 1 fish acclimated to 15°C, fed during the experimental trial.”
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“Feeding cessation occurred at 14.0°C (SD = 0, n = 3), 15.4°C (SD = 1.5, n = 5) and 15.0°C (SD = 0, n = 1) for fish held at acclimation temperatures of 25, 20 and 15°C (Fig. 4F).”
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“All fish at each acclimation temperature fed during the holding period.”
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“At temperatures of 13°C and below, fish were unresponsive to visual stimuli (but still responded to touch), displayed darker coloration, and became stationary and lethargic.”
§ Thermal tolerance and potential distribution of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) on the east coast of the United States > Expt 1. Effects of winter water temperatures
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“Pterois volitans/miles complex.Mean (± SE) chronic lethal minimum and average temperature at feeding cessation observed for Expts 1 (A,B), 2 (C,D), and 3 (E,F)”
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“Satellite-derived sea surface temperature (SST) and bottom temperature (BT) at 3 North Carolina wreck sites: Naeco (r = 0.671), Papoose (r = 0.796), and Suloid (r = 0.973).”
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“Lionfish have been observed at all sites except the Suloid.”
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“They are typically found from shore (0 m) to approximately 50 m (Schultz 1986).”
§ Thermal tolerance and potential distribution of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) on the east coast of the United States > KEY WORDS: Marine introduction • Biological invasion • Lionfish • Pterois volitans • Pterois miles • Invasive species • Species range limits • Temperature tolerance
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“the majority of temperature-tolerance data have been generated for temperate fish species (Brett 1956, Elliot 1981, Beitinger et al. 2000), with scant information for tropical fishes (but see Bennett et al. 1997 andMora &Ospina 2002).”
§ Thermal tolerance and potential distribution of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) on the east coast of the United States > INTRODUCTION
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“the majority of temperature-tolerance data have been generated for temperate fish species (Brett 1956, Elliot 1981, Beitinger et al. 2000), with scant information for tropical fishes (but see Bennett et al. 1997 andMora &Ospina 2002).”
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“The fact that cold temperatures are not an obvious threat to fish survival in tropical waters (Bennett & Judd 1992), coupled with historically conservative estimates of the general thermal limits of tropical fish faunas (e.g.20°C limit, Briggs 1974), may have limited interest in examining thermal tolerances in tropical fishes.”
§ Thermal tolerance and potential distribution of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) on the east coast of the United States > INTRODUCTION
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“Lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex 1 ) are native to tropical coral reefs and range from the southern Indian Ocean, east to Sumatra and throughout the Indo-West Pacific from southern Japan to central Australia (Schultz 1986).”
§ Thermal tolerance and potential distribution of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) on the east coast of the United States > KEY WORDS: Marine introduction • Biological invasion • Lionfish • Pterois volitans • Pterois miles • Invasive species • Species range limits • Temperature tolerance
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“The current southern limit of the invasion is not bound by temperature, as lionfish could survive (but have not yet been reported) on the Florida coast south of Miami, throughout the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, extending into the southern hemisphere.”
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“This faunal separation can be attributed to the effects of temperature, acting as both a limiting factor determining species distribution, and a directive factor guiding species movement (Fry 1971; see also Cossins & Bowler 1987 for coverage of thermal regulation of species distribution).”
§ Thermal tolerance and potential distribution of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) on the east coast of the United States > KEY WORDS: Marine introduction • Biological invasion • Lionfish • Pterois volitans • Pterois miles • Invasive species • Species range limits • Temperature tolerance
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“The abrupt difference in inshore water temperature south and north of Cape Hatteras (Stegmann & Yoder 1996), along with the majority of lionfish observations located south of Cape Hatteras, suggests that temperature is an important factor limiting distribution.”
§ Thermal tolerance and potential distribution of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) on the east coast of the United States > KEY WORDS: Marine introduction • Biological invasion • Lionfish • Pterois volitans • Pterois miles • Invasive species • Species range limits • Temperature tolerance
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“The mean 12°C bottom isotherm also runs along the continental shelf break (200 m isobath), marking the offshore limit for lionfish on the southeast United States continental shelf.”
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“Rate of temperature decline also had no effect on low temperature tolerance of American shad Alosa sapidissima (-0.5 to -1.9°C d -1 ; Chittenden 1972).”
§ Thermal tolerance and potential distribution of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) on the east coast of the United States > DISCUSSION
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“Lionfish were held at acclimation temperatures for at least 20 d (some for more than 40 d) prior to 1) in February 2002.”
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“Other temperature tolerance studies have found no influence of acclimation history on the lower thermal limit (e.g.Young & Cech 1996)”
§ Thermal tolerance and potential distribution of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) on the east coast of the United States > DISCUSSION
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“Juvenile lionfish have been observed on the northeast United States continental shelf during summer, but fish in these locations could not survive winter temperatures based on the CLmin.values reported here.”
§ Thermal tolerance and potential distribution of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) on the east coast of the United States > DISCUSSION
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“The offshore limit of the lionfish invasion may be linked to temperature tolerance, depth, or a combination of both factors.”
§ Thermal tolerance and potential distribution of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) on the east coast of the United States > DISCUSSION
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“The inshore portions of the southeast shelf are too cold for overwinter survival, but the offshore portions of the shelf remain warm.”
§ Thermal tolerance and potential distribution of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) on the east coast of the United States > DISCUSSION
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“This winter-time crossshelf gradient is caused by heating of shelf waters at their offshore edge by the Gulf Stream (Barnard et al. 1997) and heat-loss across the entire shelf owing to air-sea interactions (Atkinson 1985).”
§ Thermal tolerance and potential distribution of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) on the east coast of the United States > DISCUSSION
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“McBride & Able (1998) reported a similar fate for spotfin butterflyfish Chaetodon ocellatus in New Jersey estuaries during winter, where juveniles were found to stop eating at 12°C and perish at temperatures below 10°C.”
§ Thermal tolerance and potential distribution of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) on the east coast of the United States > DISCUSSION
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“but again depth could be limiting.”
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“Brett (1956) reported that gain in resistance to low temperatures (i.e.acclimation) is a slow process, with some species requiring up to 20 d to fully acclimate.”
§ Thermal tolerance and potential distribution of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) on the east coast of the United States > DISCUSSION
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“A review of previous studies by Beitinger et al. (2000) concluded that lethal thermal limits were strongly affected by thermal history immediately prior to experimentation.”
§ Thermal tolerance and potential distribution of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) on the east coast of the United States > DISCUSSION
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“However, lionfish temperature tolerance may be affected by faster rates of temperature decline, such as those observed in estuaries during fall and winter.”
§ Thermal tolerance and potential distribution of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) on the east coast of the United States > DISCUSSION
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“In the field, minimum tolerable temperatures may be higher owing to long-term bioenergetic costs of prolonged exposure to low sublethal temperatures, and the effects of feeding cessation at temperatures higher than the chronic lethal minimum (e.g.Hurst & Conover 2002).”
§ Thermal tolerance and potential distribution of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) on the east coast of the United States > DISCUSSION
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“Acclimation temperature is also thought to be an important factor influencing thermal tolerance in fishes (Lutterschmidt & Hutchison 1997).”
§ Thermal tolerance and potential distribution of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) on the east coast of the United States > DISCUSSION
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The mean 12°C February isotherm corresponds to a 10°C minimum water temperature.
“When combined with mean February water temperatures, lionfish thermal tolerance data indicated that lionfish could overwinter on the southeast United States continental 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.”
The paper relies on this without support.
Laboratory chronic lethal minimum measured in juvenile lionfish predicts overwintering survival of wild lionfish populations.
“When combined with mean February water temperatures, lionfish thermal tolerance data indicated that lionfish could overwinter on the southeast United States continental 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.”
The paper relies on this without support.
Juvenile lionfish purchased from a commercial vendor are representative of the invasive lionfish population on the southeast United States shelf.
“Juvenile lionfish were purchased from a commercial vendor (Marine Center, Dallas, Texas) for all 3 experiments.”
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The laboratory-derived chronic lethal minimum is a valid proxy for the minimum tolerable temperature of lionfish in the field.
“The potential range distribution reported here (Fig. 5) is based on the chronic lethal minimum of lionfish determined in the laboratory.”
“In the field, minimum tolerable temperatures may be higher owing to long-term bioenergetic costs of prolonged exposure to low sublethal temperatures, and the effects of feeding cessation at temperatures higher than the chronic lethal minimum (e.g.Hurst & Conover 2002).”
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The 50 yr average bottom water temperature and 9 yr median sea surface temperature are representative of the thermal environment for lionfish.
“the range distribution predicted here was based on a 50 yr average of bottom water temperature and a 9 yr median of sea surface temperature.”
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“For example, the narrower depth distribution of lionfish in northern parts of the invaded range may be related to winter water temperatures (Whitfield et al. 2002, Kimball et al. 2004, Ruiz-Carus et al. 2006).”
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 Kimball et al. 2004
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“however, 9 of the 10 estimates of the mean temperature of feeding cessation were either 14 or 15°C”
§ Thermal tolerance and potential distribution of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) on the east coast of the United States > Expt 3. Effects of acclimation temperature
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“Greater Antilles: Lionfish are established off all islands in the Greater Antilles (Cuba [2007], Jamaica [2008], Hispañola [Haiti and the Dominican Republic; 2008] and Puerto Rico [2009]).”
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“Physiological experiments show that, in the laboratory, the critical thermal minimum (CTmin) for lionfish is 10 C (Kimball et al., 2004).”
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“and are thought only to be limited in range by temperatures below 10.0°C”
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“Lionfishes can potentially spread and survive in a large part of the Mediterranean Sea because they have shown extensive dispersal capabilities and can survive to a minimum temperature of 10°C (Kimball et al., 2004).”
BackgroundFreshwater, D. W., Hines, A., Parham, S., Wilbur, A. E., Sabaoun, M., Woodhead, J., Akins, L., Purdy, B., Whitfield, P. E., & Paris, C. B. (2009) · Marine Biology · doi:10.1007/s00227-009-1163-8 · Cited by 107
“bution of lionWsh along the east coast since lionWsh perish in water below 10°C (Kimball et al. 2004).”
BackgroundSelf-citationRuiz-Carus, R., Matheson, R. E., ROBERTS, D. E., & Whitfield, P. E. (2005) · Biological Conservation · doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2005.10.012 · Cited by 93
Self-citationRecent invasion of a Florida (USA) estuarine system by lionfish Pterois volitans / P. miles
Jud, Z. R., Layman, C., Lee, J., & Arrington, D. A. (2011) · Aquatic Biology · doi:10.3354/ab00351 · Cited by 87
“Despite record cold water temperatures during the winter of 2010 (Loxahatchee River District unpubl. data), water temperatures in the section of river inhabited by lionfish remained above the species’ lethal mini mum temperature of 10°C (Kimball et al. 2004).”
BackgroundA review of the diversity and impact of invasive non-native species in tropical marine ecosystems
Salimi, P. A., Creed, J. C., Esch, M. M., Fenner, D., Jaafar, Z., Levesque, J. C., Montgomery, A. D., Salimi, M. A., Edward, J. K. P., Raj, K. D., et al. (2021) · Marine Biodiversity Records · doi:10.1186/s41200-021-00206-8 · Cited by 94
“While the northwards range expansion of the lionfish in the western Atlantic may be near their thermal physiological limits (Kimball et al. 2004), their expansive invase range here and their new invasion in the Mediterranean Sea indicates that TMEs are not the only ecosystems being impacted by this…”
BackgroundSpatial analysis of the invasion of lionfish in the western Atlantic and Caribbean
Johnston, M. W., & Purkis, S. J. (2011) · Marine Pollution Bulletin · doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.03.028 · Cited by 84
“It is difficult to ascertain if this shallow, warm water, bias is representative of the overall population, as lionfish can inhabit depths down to bottom water temperature limitations of about 10 C (Kimball et al., 2004).”
BackgroundMethodInfluentialBurgiel, S. W., & Muir, A. A. (2010) · Cited by 82
D’Amen, M., & Azzurro, E. (2019) · ICES Journal of Marine Science · doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsz207 · Cited by 72
Towards Marine Ecosystem-based Management in the Wider Caribbean
Fanning, L. M., Mahon, R., McConney, P., & Verhart, L. (2011) · Amsterdam University Press eBooks · doi:10.5117/9789089642424 · Cited by 79
Andradi‐Brown, D. A., Vermeij, M. J. A., Slattery, M., Lesser, M. P., Bejarano, I., Appeldoorn, R. S., Goodbody‐Gringley, G., Chequer, A. D., Pitt, J. M., Eddy, C., et al. (2016) · Biological Invasions · doi:10.1007/s10530-016-1358-0 · Cited by 78
“These low winter inshore temperatures are below the temperature threshold at which experimental lab studies have suggested lionfish cease feeding (Kimball et al. 2004).”
BackgroundWhitfield, P., Muñoz, R., Buckel, C., Degan, B. P., Freshwater, D. W., & Hare, J. (2014) · Marine Ecology Progress Series · doi:10.3354/meps10882 · Cited by 75
Self-citationThe Biology and Ecology of the Invasive Indo-Pacific Lionfish.
Morris, J. A. (2015) · NCSU Libraries Repository (North Carolina State University Libraries) · doi:10.13140/rg.2.1.4142.2167 · Cited by 72
Depth-Dependent Structuring of Reef Fish Assemblages From the Shallows to the Rariphotic Zone
Stefanoudis, P. V., Gress, E., Pitt, J. M., et al. (2019) · Frontiers in Marine Science · doi:10.3389/fmars.2019.00307 · Cited by 71
Biggs, C., & Olden, J. (2011) · Aquatic Invasions · doi:10.3391/ai.2011.6.3.11 · Cited by 70
“It appears that the northern range may be limited by cold winter water temperature (Kimball et al. 2004), but the southernmost established populations are spreading and currently found between Honduras and Venezuela (Schofield 2009, 2010; AquilarPerera and Tuz-Sulub 2010).”
BackgroundA global review of freshwater crayfish temperature tolerance, preference, and optimal growth
Westhoff, J. T., & Rosenberger, A. E. (2016) · Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries · doi:10.1007/s11160-016-9430-5 · Cited by 67
“extent of distributional expansion (Kimball et al. 2004).”
Non-native fishes in Florida freshwaters: a literature review and synthesis
Schofield, P. J., & Loftus, W. F. (2014) · Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries · doi:10.1007/s11160-014-9373-7 · Cited by 63
“2012) or laboratory studies that used specimens obtained from pet stores (which are often sourced from the native range; Kimball et al. 2004).”
BackgroundSchofield, P. J., Loftus, W. F., Kobza, R. M., et al. (2009) · Biological Invasions · doi:10.1007/s10530-009-9654-6 · Cited by 61
“Indeed, it is rare [but not unknown (e.g., Kimball et al. 2004 )] that acclimation temperatures do not affect thermal tolerance.”
BackgroundJohnston, M., & Purkis, S. (2015) · Marine Ecology Progress Series · doi:10.3354/meps11399 · Cited by 59
“…& Purkis: An international strategy to control lionfish 231 and also lionfish reported along the northeastern seaboard of the United States where populations are ephemeral owing to winter water temperatures that fall below the 10°C thermal tolerance of the fish (Kimball et al. 2004).”
BackgroundBroad salinity tolerance in the invasive lionfish Pterois spp. may facilitate estuarine colonization
Jud, Z. R., Nichols, P. K., & Layman, C. A. (2014) · Environmental Biology of Fishes · doi:10.1007/s10641-014-0242-y · Cited by 61
“While predictions of future range expansion in lionfish have been based primarily on thermal tolerance (Kimball et al. 2004; Morris and Whitfield 2009), salinity tolerance may also be an important factor controlling the eventual distribution of the species.”
BackgroundAn Ecosystem-Based Approach to Evaluating Impacts and Management of Invasive Lionfish
Chagaris, D., Binion‐Rock, S. M., Bogdanoff, A. K., Dahl, K. A., Granneman, J. E., Harris, H. E., Mohan, J. A., Rudd, M. B., Swenarton, M. K., Ahrens, R., et al. (2017) · Fisheries · doi:10.1080/03632415.2017.1340273 · Cited by 64
Dimitriadis, C., Galanidi, M., Zenetos, A., Corsini-Foka, M., Giovos, I., Karachle, P. K., Fournari-Konstantinidou, I., Kytinou, E., Issaris, Y., Azzurro, E., et al. (2020) · Mediterranean Marine Science · doi:10.12681/mms.21845 · Cited by 60
“According to experiments conducted by Kimball et al. (2004), the lionfish (P. volitans/miles) cannot tolerate temperatures below 9.5-10°C and on average stop feeding at 15.3°C.”
BackgroundInfluentialLuiz, O. J., Floeter, S. R., Rocha, L. A., & Ferreira, C. (2013) · Marine Ecology Progress Series · doi:10.3354/meps10383 · Cited by 57
“Lionfish also have a broad latitudinal range due to their wide temperature tolerance (Kimball et al. 2004).”
BackgroundSouth, J., Dick, J. T. A., McCard, M., Barrios-O'Neill, D., & Anton, A. (2017) · Environmental Biology of Fishes · doi:10.1007/s10641-017-0633-y · Cited by 44
“The success of this invasive marine teleost has prompted many studies on its behaviour and effects of the invasion (Kimball et al. 2004; Schofield 2010; Albins and Hixon 2011; Biggs and Olden 2011; Côté et al. 2014; Anton et al. 2016).”
BackgroundMethodAre lionfish set for a Mediterranean invasion? Modelling explains why this is unlikely to occur
Johnston, M. W., & Purkis, S. J. (2014) · Marine Pollution Bulletin · doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.09.013 · Cited by 50
Murchie, K. J., Cooke, S. J., Danylchuk, A. J., Danylchuk, S. E., Goldberg, T. L., Suski, C. D., & Philipp, D. P. (2010) · Journal of Thermal Biology · doi:10.1016/j.jtherbio.2010.10.005 · Cited by 46
“Although limited data exist for tropical marine species (Kimball et al., 2004), there are a few studies with which comparisons can be made.”
BackgroundMorris, J. A., Thomas, A., Rhyne, A. L., Breen, N. E., Akins, L., & Nash, B. (2011) · Roger Williams University - Digital Commons (Roger Williams University) · Cited by 44
Bioenergetics and Trophic Impacts of the Invasive Indo‐Pacific Lionfish
Cerino, D. S., Overton, A. S., Rice, J. A., & Morris, J. A. (2013) · Transactions of the American Fisheries Society · doi:10.1080/00028487.2013.811098 · Cited by 45
“Trophic structure patterns of Brazilian reef fishes: a latitudinal comparison.”
BackgroundMethodInfluentialMeister, H. S., Wyanski, D. M., Loefer, J. K., Ross, S. W., Quattrini, A. M., & Sulak, K. J. (2005) · Southeastern Naturalist · doi:10.1656/1528-7092(2005)004[0193:feftia]2.0.co;2 · Cited by 42
Lessons From the Western Atlantic Lionfish Invasion to Inform Management in the Mediterranean
Ulman, A., Ali, F., Harris, H. E., Adel, M., Mabruk, S. A. A. A., Bariche, M., Candelmo, A., Chapman, J. K., Çi̇çek, B. A., Clements, K. R., et al. (2022) · Frontiers in Marine Science · doi:10.3389/fmars.2022.865162 · Cited by 40
“Their year-round northern range reaches North Carolina, and their southern range is actively expanding along the South American seaboard (Kimball et al., 2004; Luiz et al., 2021).”
BackgroundLionfish ( Pterois spp.) invade the upper-bathyal zone in the western Atlantic
Gress, E., Andradi‐Brown, D. A., Woodall, L. C., Schofield, P. J., Stanley, K., & Rogers, A. D. (2017) · PeerJ · doi:10.7717/peerj.3683 · Cited by 46
“In contrast, water temperature was 19.7 ◦C in Bermuda at 300 m, above the temperature of feeding cessation for lionfish (Kimball et al., 2004).”
BackgroundInfluentialLiao, Y.-C., Chen, L., & Shao, K. (2009) · Biological Invasions · doi:10.1007/s10530-009-9642-x · Cited by 39
“…example is the Pacific lionfish, Pterois volitans/miles complex, which recently invaded the Atlantic coast of the southeastern US and appears to have become established there (Hare and Whitfield 2003; Kimball et al. 2004; RuizCarus et al. 2006; Semmens et al. 2004; Whitfield et al. 2002, 2007).”
BackgroundHurricanes accelerated the Florida–Bahamas lionfish invasion
Johnston, M. W., & Purkis, S. J. (2015) · Global Change Biology · doi:10.1111/gcb.12874 · Cited by 39
“The diffusion and settlement of lionfish larvae throughout the grid was governed by a simple set of rules which were built upon lionfish biological traits and tolerances to water depth and temperature (Kimball et al., 2004; Albins & Hixon, 2011).”
BackgroundEme, J., & Bennett, W. A. (2007) · Journal of Thermal Biology · doi:10.1016/j.jtherbio.2007.10.003 · Cited by 38
“Minimum acclimation and feeding cessation temperatures for lionfish, however, were between 14 and 151 C( Kimball et al., 2004 ), suggesting that these fish may not persist at temperatures below 141C.”
BackgroundInfluentialRange expansion of the invasive lionfish in the Northwest Atlantic with climate change
Grieve, B. S., Curchitser, E., & Rykaczewski, R. R. (2016) · Marine Ecology Progress Series · doi:10.3354/meps11638 · Cited by 38
Invasive Lionfish (Pterois volitans and P. miles): Distribution, Impact, and Management
Andradi‐Brown, D. A. (2019) · Coral reefs of the world · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-92735-0_48 · Cited by 41
Goodbody‐Gringley, G., Eddy, C., Pitt, J. M., Chequer, A. D., & Smith, S. R. (2019) · Frontiers in Marine Science · doi:10.3389/fmars.2019.00258 · Cited by 37
Steell, S. C., Leeuwen, T. E. V., Brownscombe, J. W., Cooke, S. J., & Eliason, E. J. (2019) · Journal of Experimental Biology · doi:10.1242/jeb.209437 · Cited by 38
Possible Ballast Water Transfer of Lionfish to the Eastern Pacific Ocean
MacIsaac, H. J., Roy, E. M. D., Leung, B., Grgicak‐Mannion, A., & Ruiz, G. M. (2016) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0165584 · Cited by 36
Bacheler, N. M., Whitfield, P., Muñoz, R., Harrison, B., Harms, C., & Buckel, C. (2015) · Marine Ecology Progress Series · doi:10.3354/meps11241 · Cited by 35
“Aquat Invasions 4: 473−479 Schofield PJ (2010) Update on the geographic spread of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans [Linnaeus 1758] and P. miles [Bennett 1828]) in the Western North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico.”
BackgroundMethodSelf-citationTompkins, D. M., Byrom, A. E., & Pech, R. P. (2013) · Ecological Applications · doi:10.1890/12-0915.1 · Cited by 33
Tropical seagrass Halophila stipulacea shifts thermal tolerance during Mediterranean invasion
Wesselmann, M., Antón, A., Duarte, C. M., Hendriks, I. E., Agustı́, S., Savva, I., Apostolaki, E. T., & Marbà, N. (2020) · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rspb.2019.3001 · Cited by 36
“1°C, as thermal limits can vary across functional levels due to different effects of temperature on vital functions [51].”
BackgroundBarker, B., Horodysky, A. Z., & Kerstetter, D. W. (2017) · Biological Invasions · doi:10.1007/s10530-017-1511-4 · Cited by 33
“This study used a rate of 0.3 C per minute, an acute change that is possible on changing tides or when moving though vertical or horizontal thermal gradients, while Kimball et al. (2004) used a more gradual 1 C per day (0.0167 C per minute).”
BackgroundMethodResultInfluentialCorrection: 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/annotation/01ecd7b0-1be0-4e2f-87c7-079d5f1a1c32 · Cited by 33
Tornabene, L., & Baldwin, C. (2017) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0177179 · Cited by 25
Dahl, K. A., & Patterson, W. F. (2020) · Marine Biology · doi:10.1007/s00227-020-03728-4 · Cited by 34
First record red lionfish Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1785) in the Mediterranean Sea
Gürlek, M., Ergüden, D., Uyan, A., Doğdu, S. A., Yağlıoğlu, D., Öztürk, B., & Turan, C. (2016) · Natural and Engineering Sciences · doi:10.28978/nesciences.286308 · Cited by 31
“The red lionfish Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) is distributed in the Pacific Ocean (North and South), Atlantic Ocean (North and South) and also found in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean (Schultz, 1986; Whitfield et al., 2002; Kimball et al., 2004; Frose & Pauly, 2016).”
BackgroundA genetic perspective on insect climate specialists
Hoffmann, A. A. (2010) · Australian Journal of Entomology · doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.2010.00744.x · Cited by 31
Wuenschel, M. J., Hare, J. A., Kimball, M. E., & Able, K. W. (2012) · Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology · doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2012.08.012 · Cited by 34
“Fishes were exposed to a constant rate of decline in water temperature (3 °C day−1) following chronic lethal methodology with death as the endpoint (Beitinger et al., 2000; Bennett et al., 1997; Kimball et al., 2004).”
BackgroundMethodInfluentialSelf-citationJohnson, E. G., & Swenarton, M. K. (2016) · PeerJ · doi:10.7717/peerj.2730 · Cited by 33
“Lionfish are a tropical species and generally intolerant of cold temperatures (Kimball et al., 2004).”
BackgroundInvasive Lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles) feeding ecology in Biscayne National Park, Florida, USA
Sancho, G., Kingsley‐Smith, P. R., Morris, J. A., Toline, C. A., McDonough, V., & Doty, S. M. (2018) · Biological Invasions · doi:10.1007/s10530-018-1705-4 · Cited by 29
“Additionally, Lionfish have the potential to spread along the eastern coast of South America into Brazil and Uruguay (Kimball et al. 2004; Morris and Whitfield 2009; Schofield 2010; Luiz et al. 2013).”
BackgroundCure, K., Hobbs, J., & Harvey, E. S. (2014) · Environmental Biology of Fishes · doi:10.1007/s10641-014-0339-3 · Cited by 28
“This is apparent at the southern margins of the ranges of tropical to subtropical species in which larvae may disperse into higher latitudes, settle and metamorphose, but fail to survive through winter periods (Kimball et al. 2004; Figueira et al. 2009).”
BackgroundDabruzzi, T. F., Bennett, W., & Fangue, N. (2016) · Aquatic Biology · doi:10.3354/ab00668 · Cited by 27
“Without question, previous cold tolerance estimates have been useful in predicting range limitations (Kimball et al. 2004, Morris & Whitfield 2009) and overwintering potential of Atlantic and Caribbean Sea lionfish populations (Ferreira et al. 2015).”
BackgroundResultInfluentialUyan, U., Oh, C., Tarkan, A. S., Top, N., Copp, G. H., & Vilizzi, L. (2020) · Marine Pollution Bulletin · doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111018 · Cited by 29
Schuster, J. M., Stuart‐Smith, R. D., Edgar, G. J., & Bates, A. E. (2022) · Global Ecology and Biogeography · doi:10.1111/geb.13477 · Cited by 29
Feng, X., & Papeş, M. (2017) · Ecological Modelling · doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2016.11.008 · Cited by 28
Switzer, T. S., Tremain, D. M., Keenan, S. F., Stafford, C. J., Parks, S. L., & McMichael, R. H. (2015) · Marine and Coastal Fisheries · doi:10.1080/19425120.2014.987888 · Cited by 25
“2014), where water temperatures are well within the thermal tolerances of the species (Kimball et al. 2004).”
BackgroundDahl, K. A., Portnoy, D. S., Hogan, J. D., Johnson, J. E., Gold, J. R., & Patterson, W. F. (2018) · Biological Invasions · doi:10.1007/s10530-018-1791-3 · Cited by 24
Field guide to nonindigenous marine fishes of Florida
Schofield, P. J., Morris, J. A., & Akins, L. (2009) · AquaDocs (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) · Cited by 23
Turan, C., Uyğur, N., & İğde, M. (2017) · Natural and Engineering Sciences · doi:10.28978/nesciences.292355 · Cited by 23
“The red lionfish Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) is distributed in the Pacific Ocean (North and South), Atlantic Ocean (North and South) and also found in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean (Schultz, 1986; Whitfield et al., 2002; Kimball et al., 2004; Frose & Pauly, 2016).”
BackgroundHudson, D. M., Sexton, D. J., Wint, D., et al. (2018) · PeerJ · doi:10.7717/peerj.5446 · Cited by 23
Tuckett, Q. M., Ritch, J. L., Lawson, K. M., et al. (2015) · Biological Invasions · doi:10.1007/s10530-015-0988-y · Cited by 22
Rapid Range Shift in an Introduced Tropical Marine Invertebrate
Crickenberger, S., & Moran, A. L. (2013) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0078008 · Cited by 22
“While tropical species are increasingly becoming established in historically temperate regions [17,18], most studies on tropical invaders have focused on local extinctions rather than range shifts [19,20] and little is known about lower thermal tolerances of tropical species, which likely set northern range limits of…”
BackgroundLow-temperature tolerance of juvenile tarpon Megalops atlanticus
Mace, M. M., Haffey, E. R., & Kimball, M. E. (2017) · Environmental Biology of Fishes · doi:10.1007/s10641-017-0619-9 · Cited by 21
“In the second experiment, we estimated the chronic lethal minimum temperature (Bennett et al. 1997; Beitinger et al. 2000; Kimball et al. 2004) of tarpon exposed to a constant rate of temperature decline (2 °C day−1).”
InfluentialSelf-citationDragičević, B., Ugarković, P., Krželj, M., et al. (2021) · Acta Ichthyologica Et Piscatoria · doi:10.3897/aiep.51.75811 · Cited by 21
Low‐Temperature Tolerance of Juvenile Spotted Seatrout in South Carolina
Anweiler, K. V., Arnott, S. A., & Denson, M. R. (2014) · Transactions of the American Fisheries Society · doi:10.1080/00028487.2014.911203 · Cited by 19
“The CLM and ACE methods are commonly used to determine the temperature tolerances of species (CLM: Zale and Gregory 1989; Kimball et al. 2004; Cortemeglia and Beitinger 2006; Eme and Bennet 2009; ACE: Zale 1984; Malloy and Targett 1994; Lankford and Targett 2001; Selong et al. 2001; Widmer et al. 2006; Carveth et al.…”
BackgroundMethodJohnston, M. W., & Purkis, S. J. (2013) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0073023 · Cited by 21
“This is slightly south of the projected potential distribution of lionfish, which have a documented tolerance to 10uC [22].”
BackgroundBottacini, D., Pollux, B. J. A., Nijland, R., Jansen, P. A., Naguib, M., & Kotrschal, A. (2024) · NeoBiota · doi:10.3897/neobiota.92.110442 · Cited by 27
“Remarkably, several P. miles sightings were reported in areas that were considered to have winter surface temperatures that are too cold for this species (< 15 °C) such as the northern Aegean and southern Adriatic (Kimball et al. 2004; Johnston and Purkis 2014; Dimitriadis et al. 2020).”
BackgroundInfluentialImpact of Temperature Gradient on the Indian Major Carp Catla catla Larvae
Sharma, J., Singh, S. P., Mittal, P., et al. (2014) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences India Section B Biological Sciences · doi:10.1007/s40011-014-0419-3 · Cited by 18
Optimal monitoring and control under state uncertainty: Application to lionfish management
Kling, D. M., Sanchirico, J. N., & Fackler, P. L. (2017) · Journal of Environmental Economics and Management · doi:10.1016/j.jeem.2017.01.001 · Cited by 19
Forecasting lionfish sources and sinks in the Atlantic: are Gulf of Mexico reef fisheries at risk?
Johnston, M. W., Bernard, A. M., & Shivji, M. S. (2016) · Coral Reefs · doi:10.1007/s00338-016-1511-3 · Cited by 18
“The northern limit we chose corresponds to the northernmost extent of resident lionfish populations (Kimball et al. 2004) and most other tropical Atlantic species as noted by Briggs (1974).”
BackgroundMulhollem, J. J., Suski, C. D., & Wahl, D. H. (2015) · Fish Physiology and Biochemistry · doi:10.1007/s10695-015-0050-0 · Cited by 18
“Thermal tolerance assessments on individual fish and fish populations have been used to address a range of questions, including home-range expansion and contraction, and suitability of new habitats to colonization (Kimball et al. 2004; Dunham et al. 2003; Hostetler 1991).”
BackgroundMcCallister, M. P., Renchen, J., Binder, B. M., & Acosta, A. (2018) · Gulf and Caribbean Research · doi:10.18785/gcr.2901.13 · Cited by 16
Lyons, T. J., Tuckett, Q. M., Donahou, A. D., & Hill, J. E. (2020) · Biological Invasions · doi:10.1007/s10530-020-02203-x · Cited by 16
Loya-Cancino, K. F., Ángeles–González, L. E., Yáñez‐Arenas, C., Ibarra-Cerdeña, C. N., Velázquez‐Abunader, I., Aguilar‐Perera, A., & Vidal-Martinez, V. M. (2023) · Marine Biology · doi:10.1007/s00227-023-04174-8 · Cited by 16
Díaz‐Ferguson, E., & Hunter, M. E. (2019) · Regional Studies in Marine Science · doi:10.1016/j.rsma.2019.100793 · Cited by 14
Bernal, N., Deangelis, D. L., Schofield, P. J., & Sealey, K. S. (2014) · Biological Invasions · doi:10.1007/s10530-014-0819-6 · Cited by 15
“While tolerance data from these studies is currently limited, there is accurate estimation for temperature, dissolved oxygen, salinity, and rugosity (Cerino 2010; Schofield et al. 2014; Jud et al. 2011; Kimball et al. 2004).”
BackgroundMethodInfluentialOlin, J. A., Cerrato, R. M., Nye, J. A., Sagarese, S. R., Sclafani, M., Zacharias, J. P., & Frisk, M. G. (2019) · Estuaries and Coasts · doi:10.1007/s12237-019-00593-3 · Cited by 14
Lionfish in the eastern Pacific: a cellular automaton approach to assessing invasion risk
Johnston, M. W., & Purkis, S. J. (2014) · Biological Invasions · doi:10.1007/s10530-014-0696-z · Cited by 16
Lara-Lizardi, F., Hoyos-Padilla, E. M., Klimley, A. P., et al. (2022) · Environmental Biology of Fishes · doi:10.1007/s10641-022-01223-x · Cited by 13
False positive tests for ciguatera may derail efforts to control invasive lionfish
Wilcox, C. L., & Hixon, M. A. (2014) · Environmental Biology of Fishes · doi:10.1007/s10641-014-0313-0 · Cited by 14
“They are predicted to expand their range even further along the Atlantic coast of South America (Kimball et al. 2004; Morris 2012).”
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- Authors
- Kimball, M., Miller, J., Whitfield, P., & Hare, J.
- Affiliations
- North Carolina State University (US)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
- Corresponding author
- Hare, JA
- ORCID
- Miller, JM
- Venue
- Marine Ecology Progress Series
- Publisher
- Inter-Research Science Center
- Published
- 2004
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- 283
- Pages
- 269-278
- ISSN
- 0171-8630 (ISSN-L)
- 1616-1599
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- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
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- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Physiological and biochemical adaptations
- Keywords
- invasive species, lionfish, heat tolerance, range expansion, overwintering, species distribution, continental shelf, eastern United States, thermal acclimation, range limits, feeding cessation
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
A language model drew the claims from the paper on 2026-10-20, under version 3 of the claim definition (model deepseek-v4.1-flash, prompt extract-v3).
A second model labelled each claim on 2026-10-20 (model jev-1.13-20260917, definition revision gold-guideline-v0.2).
Cited sources are checked with a language model’s help (gpt-6-sol).
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›
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