©2020 Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office.Experimental results on density dependent loss and growth in invasive red lionfish sampled at Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas in 2011
This field experiment was conducted on artificial patch reefs to test for presence of density dependence in invasive red lionfish recruitment, immigration, loss, and growth (in mass and length). The experiment 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. Each week, the number of lionfish on each reef was recorded, and new lionfish recruits and immigrants were removed. Every two weeks, lionfish growth in length was re-measured. At the end of the experiment (6 weeks), lionfish growth in mass was re-measured.
Related Manuscript: Benkwitt, C.E. (2013) and Benkwitt, C.E. (2015)
Hixon, M. (2016) Experimental results on density dependent loss and growth in invasive red lionfish sampled at Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas in 2011. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2016-08-05 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.653277.1 [access date]
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