Worst case scenario: potential long-term effects of invasive predatory lionfish (Pterois volitans) on Atlantic and Caribbean coral-reef communities
By M. Albins, M. Hixon. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 2011
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Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Paleontology
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- Effects of invasive Pacific red lionfish Pterois volitans versus a native predator on Bahamian coral-reef fish communities (2012, background): “A combination of slow stalking movements, cryptic coloration, elongated fin rays, and numerous spine-like and fleshy projections on the head and face, may provide crypsis, or cause lionfish to appear like a harmless plant or invertebrate, resulting in reduced prey vigilance (Albins and Hixon 2011).”
- Predatory fish invaders: Insights from Indo-Pacific lionfish in the western Atlantic and Caribbean (2013, background): “, 2002, 2007), shallow and mesophotic coral reefs (Albins and Hixon, 2011; Biggs and Olden, 2011; Lesser and Slattery, 2011), seagrass beds (Claydon et al.”
- Non-linear effects of invasive lionfish density on native coral-reef fish communities (2015, background): “While native fish biomass declined on reefs with lionfish, lionfish biomass increased throughout the study, which is indicative of a potential ‘worst-case scenario’ whereby the majority of native fish biomass is converted to lionfish biomass (Albins and Hixon 2013).”
- Foraging behaviour and prey consumption in the Indo-Pacific lionfish on Bahamian coral reefs (2011, background): “…that one recent invasion — that of the Indo-Pacific lionfish Pterois volitans across coral reefs in the Western Atlantic and Caribbean — will have extreme effects on regional biodiversity and fish production (Albins & Hixon 2011, Green & Côté 2009, Morris & Whitfield 2009, Sutherland et al. 2010).”
- A lionfish (Pterois miles) invasion has begun in the Mediterranean Sea (2016, background): “Few worldwide fish invasions of similar magnitude are documented; the introduction of the red lionfish Pterois volitans and the devil firefish P. miles in the western Atlantic is one of the fastest and most ecologically harmful marine fish introductions to date (Albins & Hixon 2013).”
- Coping with the Lionfish Invasion: Can Targeted Removals Yield Beneficial Effects? (2012, background): “Such high densities suggest minimal mortality from disease, parasites, or predators, which may include grouper (Maljković et al., 2008; Morris and Whitfield, 2009; Albins and Hixon, 2011; Mumby et al., 2011).”
- GAPeDNA: Assessing and mapping global species gaps in genetic databases for eDNA metabarcoding (2021, background): “Among the numerous threats that all aquatic environments are currently facing lies non-indigenous species, which have the potential to disrupt entire ecosystems when declared as invasive (Albins & Hixon, 2013; Bax, Williamson, Aguero, Gonzalez, & Geeves, 2003; Clavero & García-Berthou, 2005).”
- Effectiveness of lionfish removal efforts in the Southern Caribbean (2013, background): “It has been suggested that invasive lionfish may become one of the most ecologically harmful marine fish introductions to date (Albins & Hixon 2013).”
- Invasive lionfish : a guide to control and management (2012, neutral): “Marathon, Florida, United States”
- Distributions of Indo-Pacific lionfishes Pterois spp. in their native ranges : implications for the Atlantic invasion (2012, background): “An individual invasive P. volitans is capable of reducing the recruitment of native fishes on small patch reefs by about 80% in 5 wk (Albins & Hixon 2008), so there is justifiable concern that this may become one of the worst marine invasions in history (Albins & Hixon 2011).”
- Site fidelity and movement patterns of invasive lionfish, Pterois spp., in a Florida estuary (2012, background): “…variety of habitats, including the sea floor at depths of 300 m, offshore and nearshore coral reefs, inshore seagrass, mangrove, and human-made habitats, and even estuarine habitats up to 5.5 km from the ocean (Albins and Hixon, 2011; Barbour et al., 2010b; Biggs and Olden, 2011; Jud et al., 2011).”