Invasive lionfish drive Atlantic coral reef fish declines

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Green, Stephanie J ^a   Akins, John L ^b   Maljković, Aleksandra ^a   Côté, Isabelle M ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Reef Environmental Education Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; FISH; INVASIVE SPECIES; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PTEROIS MILES; PTEROIS VOLITANS; SPECIES INVASION; STOMACH CONTENT; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SEA;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES; PTEROIS; PTEROIS VOLITANS;

ANIMALS; BAHAMAS; BIOMASS; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; INTRODUCED SPECIES; OCEANS AND SEAS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84857894257     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032596     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Global Invasive Species Database (2011) Available: http://www.issg.org/database. IUCN Invasive Species Specialist Group. Accessed 2011 Aug 31.
2. Betancur-R R, Hines A, Acero PA, Ortí G, Wilbur AE, et al. (2011) Reconstructing the lionfish invasion: insights into Greater Caribbean biogeography. Journal of Biogeography 38: 1281-1293.
3. Morris JAJ, Akins JL, (2009) Feeding ecology of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) in the Bahamian Archipelago. Environmental Biology of Fishes 86: 389-398.
4. Green SJ, Akins JL, Côté IM, (2011) Foraging behaviour and prey consumption in the Indo-Pacific lionfish on Bahamian coral reefs. Marine Ecology Progress Series 433: 159-167.
5. Albins MA, Hixon MA, (2008) Invasive Indo-Pacific lionfish Pterois volitans reduce recruitment of Atlantic coral-reef fishes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 367: 233-238.
6. Albins MA, Hixon MA, (2011) Worst Case Scenario: Potential long-term effects of invasive predatory lionfish (Pterois volitans) on Atlantic and Caribbean coral-reef communities. Environmental Biology of Fishes DOI 10.1007/s10641-011-9795-1.
7. Sutherland WJ, Clout M, Côté IM, Daszak P, Depledge MH, et al. (2010) A horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2010. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 25: 1-7.
8. Randall JE, (1967) Food habits of reef fishes of the West Indies. pp. 665-847 Studies in Tropical Oceanography.
9. Froese R, Pauly D, eds. (2000) FishBase 2000: concepts, design and data sources Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines ICLARM.
10. Côté IM, Maljković A, (2010) Predation rates of Indo-Pacific lionfish on Bahamian coral reefs. Marine Ecology Progress Series 404: 219-225.
11. Lettieri L, Streelman T, (2010) Colorful stripes send mixed messages to safe and risky partners in a diffuse cleaning mutualism. Journal of Evolutionary Ecology 23: 2289-2299.
12. Barbour A, Allen MS, Frazer TK, Sherman KD, (2011) Evaluating the potential efficacy of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) removals. Plos One 6: e19666-19671.
13. Akins JL, (2011) Control strategies: Tools and techniques for local control. In: Morris JA, editors. Best Practices for lionfish control and management NOAA ICRI joint publication.
14. Zuur AF, Ieno EN, Walker NJ, Saveliev AA, Smith GM, (2009) Mixed Effects Models and Extensions in Ecology. In: Gail RM, Krickeberg K, Samat JM, Tsiatis A, Wong W, editors. Statistics for Biology and Health New York Springer.
15. Vose D, (2008) Risk analysis: A quantitative guide. ed. 3 West Sussex, England John Wiley & Sonds, Ltd.
16. Schmitt EF, Sullivan KM, (1996) Analysis of a volunteer method for collecting fish presence and abundance data in the Florida Keys. Bulletin of Marine Science 59: 404.
17. REEF (2011) Reef Environmental Education Foundation Volunteer Survey Project Database. Available: http://www.reef.org. Accessed 2011 Aug 31.