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Shelter use interactions of invasive lionfish with commercially and ecologically important native invertebrates on Caribbean coral reefs
Indo-Pacific lionfish have become invasive throughout the western Atlantic. Their predatory effects have been the focus of much research and are suggested to cause declines in native fish abundance and diversity across the invaded range. However, little is known about their non-consumptive effects,...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7449759/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32846430 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236200 |
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author | Hunt, Christina L. Andradi-Brown, Dominic A. Hudson, Callum J. Bennett-Williams, Joshua Noades, Frankie Curtis-Quick, Jocelyn Lewis, Owen T. Exton, Dan A. |
author_facet | Hunt, Christina L. Andradi-Brown, Dominic A. Hudson, Callum J. Bennett-Williams, Joshua Noades, Frankie Curtis-Quick, Jocelyn Lewis, Owen T. Exton, Dan A. |
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description | Indo-Pacific lionfish have become invasive throughout the western Atlantic. Their predatory effects have been the focus of much research and are suggested to cause declines in native fish abundance and diversity across the invaded range. However, little is known about their non-consumptive effects, or their effects on invertebrates. Lionfish use shelters on the reef, thus there is potential for competition with other shelter-dwelling organisms. We demonstrate similar habitat associations between invasive lionfish, native spiny lobsters (Panulirus argus) and native long-spined sea urchins (Diadema antillarum), indicating the potential for competition. We then used a laboratory experiment to compare activity and shelter use of each species when alone and when lionfish were paired with each native species. Spiny lobsters increased their activity but did not change their shelter use in the presence of a lionfish, whilst long-spined sea urchins changed neither their activity nor shelter use. However, lionfish reduced their shelter use in the presence of spiny lobsters and long-spined sea urchins. This study highlights the importance not only of testing for the non-consumptive effects of invasive species, but also exploring whether native species exert non-consumptive effects on the invasive. |
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spelling | pubmed-74497592020-09-02 Shelter use interactions of invasive lionfish with commercially and ecologically important native invertebrates on Caribbean coral reefs Hunt, Christina L. Andradi-Brown, Dominic A. Hudson, Callum J. Bennett-Williams, Joshua Noades, Frankie Curtis-Quick, Jocelyn Lewis, Owen T. Exton, Dan A. PLoS One Research Article Indo-Pacific lionfish have become invasive throughout the western Atlantic. Their predatory effects have been the focus of much research and are suggested to cause declines in native fish abundance and diversity across the invaded range. However, little is known about their non-consumptive effects, or their effects on invertebrates. Lionfish use shelters on the reef, thus there is potential for competition with other shelter-dwelling organisms. We demonstrate similar habitat associations between invasive lionfish, native spiny lobsters (Panulirus argus) and native long-spined sea urchins (Diadema antillarum), indicating the potential for competition. We then used a laboratory experiment to compare activity and shelter use of each species when alone and when lionfish were paired with each native species. Spiny lobsters increased their activity but did not change their shelter use in the presence of a lionfish, whilst long-spined sea urchins changed neither their activity nor shelter use. However, lionfish reduced their shelter use in the presence of spiny lobsters and long-spined sea urchins. This study highlights the importance not only of testing for the non-consumptive effects of invasive species, but also exploring whether native species exert non-consumptive effects on the invasive. Public Library of Science 2020-08-26 /pmc/articles/PMC7449759/ /pubmed/32846430 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236200 Text en © 2020 Hunt et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Hunt, Christina L. Andradi-Brown, Dominic A. Hudson, Callum J. Bennett-Williams, Joshua Noades, Frankie Curtis-Quick, Jocelyn Lewis, Owen T. Exton, Dan A. Shelter use interactions of invasive lionfish with commercially and ecologically important native invertebrates on Caribbean coral reefs |
title | Shelter use interactions of invasive lionfish with commercially and ecologically important native invertebrates on Caribbean coral reefs |
title_full | Shelter use interactions of invasive lionfish with commercially and ecologically important native invertebrates on Caribbean coral reefs |
title_fullStr | Shelter use interactions of invasive lionfish with commercially and ecologically important native invertebrates on Caribbean coral reefs |
title_full_unstemmed | Shelter use interactions of invasive lionfish with commercially and ecologically important native invertebrates on Caribbean coral reefs |
title_short | Shelter use interactions of invasive lionfish with commercially and ecologically important native invertebrates on Caribbean coral reefs |
title_sort | shelter use interactions of invasive lionfish with commercially and ecologically important native invertebrates on caribbean coral reefs |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7449759/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32846430 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236200 |
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