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... see papers in the Related Publications section below.
Lionfish behavior
Behavioral response of invasive lionfish that overlapped with basslets. All experimental basslet populations ...
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... the gape refuge of bridled gobies accorss various sizes of lionfish. Bridled gobies, ranging in size from 1 to 6 cm total length, were offered to lionfish, ranging from 4 to 21 cm total length. The investigators recorded the ...
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To determine patterns of lionfish (
Pterois volitans
) and Nassau Grouper (
Epinephalus ...
) abundance and body size over the first decade of the lionfish invasion, we examined fish survey data collected in the Exuma Cays, The Bahamas, from when lionfish first arrived in the study area in 2005 through 2015. We surveyed ...
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Information was recorded on all invasive lionfish collected during fieldwork at Eleuthera, Bahamas from 15 June to 30 August 2012.
Record of lionfish collected near Eleuthera, Bahamas during 2012.
This dataset ... locations, and biological information (e.g. length) of lionfish (
Pterois volitans
) that were handled (collected) near ...
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Information was recorded on all invasive lionfish sighted (including lionfish that were collected) during fieldwork at Little Cayman island, Cayman Islands from 04 August to 29 August 2011.
Record of lionfish sighted near Little Cayman Island, 2011
This dataset includes ...
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Before altering lionfish densities, baseline surveys were conducted in July 2012 in which ... of the same species within 1 m). A month after establishing lionfish density treatments each reef was re-censused for all
Elacatinus
... the 16 reefs, DP L02 and DP K02 were not re-censused because lionfish density treatments were never satisfactorily sustained. ND 07 and ND ...
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Information was recorded on all invasive lionfish sighted (including lionfish that were collected and those that were left on the reef) during ... Bahamas from 15 June to 30 August 2012.
Record of lionfish sighted near Eleuthera, Bahamas during 2012.
This dataset includes ...
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... study conducted from June - August 2012 to determine whether lionfish behavior and movements change at different local lionfish and prey fish densities. The study was conducted on sixteen reefs in ...
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... algal-covered substrata. At reefs with high lionfish densities, treatments consisted of the presence vs. absence of lionfish in local habitats where algal-covered substrata were distributed. Reefs with low lionfish densities included only the lionfish-absent treatment. Divers counted ...
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Investigators studied the effects of lionfish predation on bridled goby populations through a manipulative field ... was monitored among four treatments: no-predator control, lionfish only, graysby grouper (native predator) only, and lionfish + graysby grouper.
Manipulative field experiment on the effect of ...
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Information was recorded on all invasive lionfish collected from 04 August to 29 August 2011 for all studies conducted ... 2011 at Little Cayman island, Cayman Islands .
Record of lionfish collected near Little Cayman Island during 2011.
This dataset ... locations, and biological information (e.g. length) of lionfish (
Pterois volitans
) that were collected off of Little Cayman ...
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... in random sequence next to the station: one with an invasive lionfish (
Pterois volitans
) inside, one with an ecologically similar ... placed next to cleaning stations: one containing an invasive lionfish (
Pterois volitans;
PTVO), one containing a graysby grouper (
...
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... used 10 reefs which were manipulated so that 4 reefs had 0 lionfish on them (controls), and 6 each had a unique density of lionfish (1, 2, 4, 7, 10, or 12). These numbers represent the weighted average ...
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Experimental field studies were conducted during which red lionfish and other common reef fishes were caged and exposed to parasitic ... water reefs.
Experiments testing susceptibility of lionfish and reef fishes to parasitic gnathiid isopods.
Results of ...
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... aimed to compare native vs. invasive populations of lionfish, in order to assess some of the potential factors responsible for the invasive success of lionfish in the Atlantic. Assessment in the native range included analysis of ...
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... and measured the growth and survival of juvenile (20-140 mm) lionfish. They also censused the community of small reef fishes (< 50 mm) to ... of indirect effects that grouper might have mediated through lionfish.
Growth rates of juvenile lionfish on reefs with controlled ...
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... the gills, external surface, and gastrointestinal tract of lionfish and several ecologically similar species at each location, focusing on ... dislodge via osmotic pressure.
Microparasites infecting lionfish at sites in their native and invaded ranges.
Results of an ...
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... ocean surgeonfish (
Acanthurus bahianus
), invasive lionfish, and an empty bottle control. At each set distance (1m, 0.5m, and 0m ... (Stegastes planifrons) behavior in the presence of lionfish and other native fishes.
A field study was conducted to determine ...
Type: Dataset
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... aimed to compare native vs. invasive populations of lionfish, in order to assess some of the potential factors responsible for the invasive success of lionfish in the Atlantic. Assessment in the native range included analysis of ...
Type: Dataset
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... aimed to compare native vs. invasive populations of lionfish, in order to assess some of the potential factors responsible for the invasive success of lionfish in the Atlantic. Assessment in the native range included analysis of ...
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From 2009 to 2011, a record was made for all lionfish (
Pterois volitans
) sightings in the vicinity of Lee Stocking ... at Sea: Invasion of Atlantic Coral Reefs by Pacific Lionfish". All lionfish that were handled for a specific sub-project were assigned a unique ...
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... Bahamas and the Cayman Islands to determine whether or not lionfish,
Pterois volitans
(PTVO), eat cleaner gobies,
Elacatinus genie
(ELGE), and whether or not a lionfish eating a cleaner goby affected the odds of the same lionfish ...
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... tested for evidence of competition for refuge space between lionfish and Nassau grouper at various size ratios. They used size ratios of 1:1, 1:4, 3:1 (lionfish:Nassau grouper TL). Mesh cages were placed in in-ground tanks with ...
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Information was recorded on all invasive lionfish sighted (including lionfish that were collected) during fieldwork at Little Cayman island, Cayman Islands from 03 Feb to 20 Aug 2010.
Record of lionfish sighted and/or collected near Little Cayman Island, 2010.
This ...
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WHOAS: dataset-4015_comparative-lionfish-growth__v1_README.txt ...
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WHOAS: dataset-3975_comparative-lionfish-behavior__v1_README.txt ...
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Type: Dataset Relations
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... at Sea: Invasion of Atlantic Coral Reefs by Pacific Lionfish" and "Mechanisms and Consequences of Fish Biodiversity Loss on Atlantic Coral Reefs Caused by Invasive Pacific Lionfish" (NSF OCE-0851162 & OCE-1233027).
Eleuthera, Bahamas
...
Type: Deployment
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... comparison for detecting the effects of the invasion by red lionfish. Using historical data as a pre-invasion baseline, these data were ... local population level, correlated with the local density of lionfish. Analysis indicates an overall negative population trend since the ...
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... designed to document the community-wide effects of invasive lionfish in the vicinity of Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas. Baseline surveys of ... and one reef in each pair was designated as either low-lionfish-density (LLD) or high-lionfish-density (HLD). Lionfish were then ...
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... two locations because of their difference in timing of the lionfish invasion: lionfish were first sighted in the Bahamas in 2004 and in the Cayman Islands in ...
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... during July and August 2011. (Part of sub-project titled, "Lionfish effects on fairy basslet population dynamics".) To quantify to what ... patterns in prey mortality have changed since the arrival of lionfish, the investigators replicated an in situ field manipulation of prey ...
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Type: Data File Descriptor
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Type: Data File Descriptor
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comp_lionfish_growth.csv ...
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WHOAS: dataset-3968_lionfish-collections-eleuthera__v1.tsv ...
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lionfish_density_eff_behavior.csv ...
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caymans_comp_lionfish_growth.csv ...
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... conducted during June – August 2013 to determine whether lionfish affect native fishes in the areas surrounding coral patch reefs. ... one reef in each pair was randomly assigned to either low-lionfish or high-lionfish treatments. A pair of divers removed all lionfish ...
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WHOAS: dataset-3987_lionfish-collections-cayman-2011__v1.tsv ...
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WHOAS: dataset-3988_lionfish-sightings-cayman-2011__v1.tsv ...
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... conducted during June – August 2013 to determine whether lionfish affect native fishes in the areas surrounding coral patch reefs. ... one reef in each pair was randomly assigned to either low-lionfish or high-lionfish treatments. A pair of divers removed all lionfish ...
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... to be studied because of their difference in timing of the lionfish invasion: lionfish were first sighted in the Bahamas in 2004 and in the Cayman Islands in ...
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... to test for presence of density dependence in invasive red lionfish recruitment, immigration, loss, and growth (in mass and length). Juvenile lionfish (40 - 71 mm total length [TL]) were collected from surrounding reefs ...
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... study conducted from June - August 2012 to determine whether lionfish behavior and movements change at different local lionfish and prey fish densities. The study was conducted on sixteen reefs in ...
Type: Dataset
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Type: Data File Descriptor
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... 2009 to 2011, biological information was recorded for all lionfish (
Pterois volitans
) that were handled (collected) in the ... at Sea: Invasion of Atlantic Coral Reefs by Pacific Lionfish". All lionfish that were handled for a specific sub-project were ...
Type: Dataset
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... at three times of day: dawn, midday, and dusk, and two focal lionfish were observed during each visit at each reef. Focal lionfish were observed for 10 minute intervals and all activity was recorded. ...
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... artificial patch reefs to test for effects of invasive red lionfish density on native coral-reef fishes. Four reefs were used as 0-lionfish control reefs and there was one reef per remaining lionfish treatment ...
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... to be studied because of their difference in timing of the lionfish invasion: lionfish were first sighted in the Bahamas in 2004 and in the Cayman Islands in ...
Type: Dataset