Relationships of invasive lionfish with topographic complexity, groupers, and native prey fishes in Little Cayman

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作者
Bejarano, Sonia [1 ,2 ]
Lohr, Kathryn [1 ]
Hamilton, Samantha [1 ]
Manfrino, Carrie [3 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Cent Caribbean Marine Inst, Little Cayman Res Ctr, Cayman Isl, Germany
[2] Leibniz Ctr Trop Marine Ecol, D-28359 Bremen, Germany
[3] Kean Univ, Sch Environm & Sustainabil Sci, Union, NJ 07083 USA
[4] Cent Caribbean Marine Inst, Princeton, NJ 08540 USA
关键词
INDO-PACIFIC LIONFISH; PTEROIS-VOLITANS; CORAL-REEFS; HABITAT; ASSEMBLAGES; DIVERSITY; PREDATION; SPP;
D O I
10.1007/s00227-014-2595-3
中图分类号
Q17 [水生生物学];
学科分类号
071004 ;
摘要
The invasion of Indo-Pacific lionfish on Caribbean reefs has prompted resource-demanding removals. Ecological tools to optimise the outcome of these costly efforts are scarce. Topographic complexity usually correlates strongly with fish abundance and can be mapped over large spatial scales. Determining the nature and strength of its relationship with lionfish abundance is therefore an important step in generating spatial prioritisation tools for removal programmes. Here, we quantify the relationships of lionfish density and hunting behaviour with topographic complexity, grouper biomass, and prey availability on the north-east reefs of Little Cayman. Lionfish density varied across sites irrespective of topographic complexity or density of prey fish, but was highest on the most rugose section of the reef terraces. Increased topographic complexity along the edge of the drop-offs caused modest increases in lionfish density. Grouper biomass caused no clear reduction in mean lionfish density, but narrowed the variance. Lionfish invested more time hunting on rugose sites with a paucity of prey refugia, implying that these may be places where prey fish are most vulnerable to predation. Under the reasonable assumption that lionfish display strong site fidelity, targeted removals are likely to yield the highest conservation benefits if focused on most rugose sites and at the edges of drop-offs. Determining whether longer hunting times yield increased predation rates, and quantifying the effectiveness of physical refugia in protecting prey from lionfish predation strikes, are important future research directions. If topographic complexity determines lionfish hunting success, there is a scope for mapping the vulnerability of prey, thus optimising practises aimed at managing the invasion.
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