Dataset: Lionfish and grouper density from surveys conducted at Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas from 2009-2015 (BiodiversityLossEffects_lionfish project)

ValidatedFinal no updates expectedVersion 1 (2018-04-04)Dataset Type:Other Field Results

Principal Investigator: Mark Hixon (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa)

Contact: Cassandra E. Benkwitt (Oregon State University)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Amber D. York (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Project: Mechanisms and Consequences of Fish Biodiversity Loss on Atlantic Coral Reefs Caused by Invasive Pacific Lionfish (BiodiversityLossEffects_lionfish)

Cite Dataset

Survey data for invasive lionfish and a comparison native predator (Nassau Grouper) on reefs around Lee Stocking Island, The Bahamas (23°46'0.12"N 76° 5'57.00"W). These data are compiled across multiple spatial scales and were collected from the time lionfish first arrived in the study area (2009) through 2015. 

Species names and common names for the species codes used in this dataset can be found in the "Species Key" dataset https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/655195.

These data were utilized in the following publication (Benkwitt et al., 2017)

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Results
Benkwitt, C. E., Albins, M. A., Buch, K. L., Ingeman, K. E., Kindinger, T. L., Pusack, T. J., … Hixon, M. A. (2017). Is the lionfish invasion waning? Evidence from The Bahamas. Coral Reefs, 36(4), 1255–1261. doi:10.1007/s00338-017-1620-7
Methods
Albins, M. (2015). Invasive Pacific lionfish Pterois volitans reduce abundance and species richness of native Bahamian coral-reef fishes. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 522, 231–243. doi:10.3354/meps11159

Hixon, M. (2018) Lionfish and grouper density from surveys conducted at Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas from 2009-2015 (BiodiversityLossEffects_lionfish project). Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2018-04-04 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/728810 [access date]

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