Award: OCE-0851162

Award Title: Ecological Release and Resistance at Sea: Invasion of Atlantic Coral Reefs by Pacific Lionfish
Funding Source: NSF Division of Ocean Sciences (NSF OCE)
Program Manager: David L. Garrison
DatasetLatest Version DateCurrent State
Counts of Elacatinus gobies on Bahamian reefs with controlled lionfish densities from reef surveys conducted in Eleuthera, Bahamas in 2012 (Lionfish Invasion project)2013-03-11Final no updates expected
Results of experimental field studies, in the Bahamas, Cayman Islands, and Philippines, assessing susceptibility of red lionfish (Pterois volitans) to parasitic gnathiid isopods in both native and introduced ranges in 2009-20112013-03-14Final no updates expected
Results of an investigation of parasite communities infecting lionfish (Pterois volitans) in their native range, Guam and the Philippines, and in their invaded range, the Bahamas and the Cayman Islands2013-04-03Final no updates expected
Names, codes, and characteristics of species observed during reef surveys in the Bahamas (Lionfish Invasion project)2013-03-19Final no updates expected
Results of fish surveys on experimental reefs at Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas from 2009-2012 (Lionfish Invasion project)2013-03-20Preliminary and in progress
Cleaner and host species observed on Bahamian reefs under varying experimental conditions in Eleuthera, Bahamas in 2012 (Lionfish Invasion project)2013-04-03Final no updates expected
Record of lionfish handled/collected during surveys near Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas from 2009-2011 (Lionfish Invasion project)2013-04-09Final no updates expected
Record of lionfish sighted during surveys near Lee Stocking Isalnd, Bahamas from 2009-2011 (Lionfish Invasion project)2013-04-10Final no updates expected
Results of a manipulative field experiment on the effect of lionfish predation on bridled goby populations, conducted at Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas from 2009-2012 (Lionfish Invasion project)2013-04-10Final no updates expected
Results of fairy basslet (Gramma loreto) surveys on historically monitored ledges near Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas following invasion by red lionfish (Pterois volitans), 2009-2012 (Lionfish Invasion project)2013-04-17Final no updates expected
Fairy basslet counts and density prior to manipulation experiments conducted at reefs near Eleuthera, Bahamas in 2012 (Lionfish Invasion project)2013-04-24Final no updates expected
Size of predators observed during dedicated reef predator searches at Eleuthera, Bahamas in 2012 (Lionfish Invasion project)2013-04-24Final no updates expected
Counts of fairy basslet and predator species at reefs near Eleuthera, Bahamas following the establishment of experiment treatments in 2012 (Lionfish Invasion project)2013-04-25Final no updates expected
Fairy basslet censuses at control and experimental reefs near Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas from 2009-2012 (Lionfish Invasion project)2013-04-26Final no updates expected
Predators observed at reefs near Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas from 2009-2012 (Lionfish Invasion project)2013-04-29Final no updates expected
Results of lab experiments to determine if lionfish (Pterois volitans) eat cleaner gobies (Elacatinus sp.); conducted at Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas and Cayman Islands in 2011 (Lionfish Invasion project)2013-04-30Final no updates expected
Results of lab experiments to determine if groupers (Cephalopholis sp.) eat cleaner gobies (Elacatinus sp.); conducted at Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas and Cayman Islands in 2011 (Lionfish Invasion project)2013-04-30Final no updates expected
Results of a controlled lab experiment investigating consumption of bridled gobies by lionfish at the Tropical Marine Lab at Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas in 2011 (Lionfish Invasion project)2013-05-06Final no updates expected
Results of manipulative field study and controlled lab experiment on growth rates of juvenile lionfish on reefs with controlled abundances of Nassau grouper; Bahamas, 2010 (Lionfish Invasion project)2013-05-06Final no updates expected
Counts of small reef fishes taken by census at artificial and transplant reefs at Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas in 2010 (Lionfish Invasion project)2013-05-29Final no updates expected
Results of lab experiment examining competition for refuge space between invasive lionfish and Nassau grouper; conducted at Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas from 2009-2012 (Lionfish Invasion project)2013-06-03Final no updates expected
Record of lionfish collected near Eleuthera, Bahamas during reef surveys in 2012 (Lionfish Invasion project)2013-09-12Final no updates expected
Record of lionfish sighted near Eleuthera, Bahamas during reef surveys in 2012 (Lionfish Invasion project)2013-09-12Final no updates expected
Results of field experiment testing for density dependence in lionfish growth, immigration, recruitement, and loss; conducted at Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas in 2011 (Lionfish Invasion project)2013-06-20Final no updates expected
Results of field experiment testing for the effects of lionfish density on native fishes; conducted at Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas in 2011 (Lionfish Invasion project)2013-06-21Final no updates expected
Behavioral observations of lionfish at native Pacific and invaded Atlantic locations (Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Guam, Philippines) from 2009-2012 (Lionfish Invasion project)2013-06-26Final no updates expected
Record of lionfish collected near Little Cayman Island during 2011 (Lionfish Invasion project)2013-07-02Final no updates expected
Record of lionfish sighted near Little Cayman Island in 2011 (Lionfish Invasion project)2013-07-05Final no updates expected
Record of lionfish sighted and/or collected near Little Cayman Island, 2010 (Lionfish Invasion project)2013-07-05Final no updates expected
Lionfish behavior observed during study of effect of density on lionfish behavior at Eleuthera, Bahamas in 2012 (Lionfish Invasion project)2013-09-12Final no updates expected
Lionfish movements to/from reefs observed during study of effect of density on lionfish behavior at Eleuthera, Bahamas in 2012 (Lionfish Invasion project)2013-07-09Final no updates expected
Observations of damselfish (Stegastes planifrons) behavior in the presence of lionfish and other native fishes at Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas and Little Cayman Island in 2011 (Lionfish Invasion project)2013-07-09Final no updates expected
Results of experiment comparing herbivorous fish grazing at reefs with manipulated lionfish densities at Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas in 2011 (Lionfish Invasion project)2013-08-16Final no updates expected
Data on lionfish juvenile growth patterns from tagged lionfish in the Bahamas, Guam, and Philippines from 2009-2012 (Lionfish Invasion project)2013-09-06Final no updates expected
Data on lionfish juvenile growth patterns from tagged lionfish in the Cayman Islands from 2010-2011 (Lionfish Invasion project)2013-08-19Final no updates expected

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Principal Investigator: Mark A. Hixon (Oregon State University)