Predation rates of Indo-Pacific lionfish on Bahamian coral reefs

By Isabelle M. Côté, A. Maljković. 2010

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Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Paleontology

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Use of DNA metabarcoding for stomach content analysis in the invasive lionfish Pterois volitans in Puerto Rico (2016, background): “The specific region of COI is adequately represented in online databases for Caribbean coral reef fishes and invertebrates (Leray et al. 2013), as well as estimates of relative abundance of species in benthic samples (Leray & Knowlton 2015).”
Invasive lionfish : a guide to control and management (2012, unknown): “Format & Graphics LeRoy Creswell Florida Sea Grant Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, Inc. Publishing Consultant Ann Boese Laughing Gull, Inc. Savannah, Georgia, United States”
Site fidelity and movement patterns of invasive lionfish, Pterois spp., in a Florida estuary (2012, background): “Several shortterm foraging studies (Albins and Hixon, 2008; Côté and Maljković, 2010; Green et al., 2011) have inferred that lionfish do not typically undertake large movements during or between foraging bouts.”
Characterizing trophic ecology of generalist consumers: a case study of the invasive lionfish in The Bahamas (2012, background): “…stepwise enrichment with trophic transfers, and can thus be used to estimate an organism’s trophic position relative to that of others in a food web (DeNiro & Epstein 1981, Post 2002). δ13C varies substantially among primary producers with different photosynthetic pathways (e.g. C3 vs. C4…”
Foraging behaviour and prey consumption in the Indo-Pacific lionfish on Bahamian coral reefs (2011, background): “…some of the difference between the 2 in situ estimates may be attributed to differences in average lionfish mass (148 g in our study versus 340 g in Côté & Maljković 2010) and water temperature (on average, 26°C in our study versus 23°C in Côté & Maljković 2010), most is likely explained by our…”
Effectiveness of lionfish removal efforts in the Southern Caribbean (2013, background): “…Western Atlantic, various management agencies have proposed measures to reduce and/or control the local lionfish abundance to reduce their negative impact on native fish populations (Albins & Hixon 2008, Côté & Maljković 2010, Arias-González et al. 2011, Green et al. 2011, Muñoz et al. 2011).”
Phase shift to algal dominated communities at mesophotic depths associated with lionfish (Pterois volitans) invasion on a Bahamian coral reef (2011, background): “…is more significant than that of the native piscivorous Nassau Grouper (Epinephelus striatus) and the piscivore/mesograzer Rock Hind (Epinephelus adscensionis) because of their dietary breadth and higher rates of predation (Albins and Hixon 2008; Morris and Akins 2009; Côté and Maljkovı́c 2010).”
Distributions of Indo-Pacific lionfishes Pterois spp. in their native ranges : implications for the Atlantic invasion (2012, background): “Invasive lionfish have broad diets of small crustaceans and especially fishes (Morris & Akins 2009, Muñoz et al. 2011), and exhibit high kill rates (Côté & Maljković 2010).”
Recent invasion of a Florida (USA) estuarine system by lionfish Pterois volitans / P. miles. (2011, background): “The species’ rapid rate of prey consumption (Fishelson 1997) may alter prey communities, particularly since feeding rates in the lionfish’s invasive range appear to be even greater than in their native range (Côté & Maljkovi 2010).”
Indo-Pacific lionfish are larger and more abundant on invaded reefs: a comparison of Kenyan and Bahamian lionfish populations (2011, background): “Hunting lionfish are distinguished by a typical, almost immobile hunting posture where the pectoral fins are fanned out from the body, the dorsal spines erect, the tail undulating and the head is often facing downwards (Côté and Maljković 2010).”
Coping with the Lionfish Invasion: Can Targeted Removals Yield Beneficial Effects? (2012, background): “…of their body weight per day in fish and invertebrates, potentially leading to reduced abundances of native species and increased competition for food (Morris and Akins, 2009; Côté and Maljković, 2010; Barbour et al., 2010; Albins and Hixon, 2011; Muñoz et al., 2011; Layman and Allgeier, 2012).”
Diet richness of invasive Indo-Pacific lionfish revealed by DNA barcoding (2013, background): “…higher densities and larger sizes than in their native range (Darling et al. 2011), hunt using a prey-herding strategy unlike that of any Atlantic predator (Côté & Maljković 2010, Green et al. 2011), ingest whole prey that can be half their own body size (S. J. Green & J. L. Akins pers. obs.)”
Predatory fish invaders: Insights from Indo-Pacific lionfish in the western Atlantic and Caribbean (2013, background): “, 2012), the slow, hovering hunting style employed by lionfish (Côté and Maljković, 2010; Green et al., 2011) and one of their prey capture techniques, which consists of blowing jets of water at prey (Albins and Lyons, 2012), are unique among Atlantic fishes.”
Worst case scenario: potential long-term effects of invasive predatory lionfish (Pterois volitans) on Atlantic and Caribbean coral-reef communities (2011, background): “Divers in the Bahamas have observed a single lionfish consume over 20 juvenile reef fish in just 30 min (Albins and Hixon 2008), and average consumption rates throughout the day are on the order of 1–2 prey per hour (Côté and Maljković 2010).”