Feeding Habits of Pterois volitans: A Real Threat to Caribbean Coral Reef Biodiversity

Acero, P Arturo; Bustos-Montes, Diana; Quintero, P. Pabón; Polo-Silva, Carlos; Sanjuan-Muñoz, Adolfo

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-91382-7_8

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“…The lionfish has a set of biological characteristics that determine its success as an invader and turn it on a serious threat to the WA native biota: a rapid growth (Pusack et al, 2016) and high reproductive output (Gardner et al, 2015;Fogg et al, 2017), as well as generalist traits in habitat and diet (Muñoz et al, 2011;Claydon et al, 2012;Cure et al, 2014;Acero et al, 2019); in addition to a series of physiological, morphological and behavioral characteristics make it a mighty hunter and a difficult prey (Morris, 2013;Díaz-Ferguson and Hunter, 2019;Green et al, 2019;Rojas et al, 2019). The apparent everywhereness and abundance of the species in the invaded area synergistically with its character as a voracious and opportunistic predator, give it a great potential to catastrophically affect the native fish communities (Côté et al, 2013;Ballew et al, 2016;Ingeman, 2016).…”

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“…Desde ese primer registro, se han adelantado en el país investigaciones sobre la invasión en varios temas, desde la caracterización de la especie (Hernández-Abello et al, 2015;González et al, 2011) hasta aspectos de su ecología trófica (e.g. Muñoz-Escobar y Gil-Agudelo, 2012;Pabón y Acero, 2015;Acero et al, 2019). Algunos estudios han estimado la abundancia del pez león en lugares específicos, como el PNN Tayrona y Santa Marta (Bayraktarov et al, 2014;Coronado-Carrascal et al, 2015;García-Urueña et al, 2015), y en la isla de San Andrés (González-Corredor et al, 2016), pero hasta la fecha, solo existe un trabajo publicado en el que se evaluaron lugares distantes (Rojas-Vélez et al, 2019).…”

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“…Since the first record, research on the invasion has been carried out in the country in several topics, from the characterization of the species (Hernández-Abello et al, 2015;González et al, 2011) to its trophic ecology (e.g. Muñoz-Escobar and Gil-Agudelo, 2012;Pabón and Acero, 2015;Acero et al, 2019). Some studies have estimated lionfish abundance on specific locations, such as Tayrona NNP and Santa Marta (Bayraktarov et al, 2014;Coronado-Carrascal et al, 2015;García-Urueña et al, 2015), and San Andrés island (González-Corredor et al, 2016); but until date, just one published work exists in which distant locations were evaluated (Rojas-Vélez et al, 2019).…”

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Abundancia del pez león invasor Pterois volitans en los arrecifes de coral costeros del Caribe colombiano

Chasqui

Rincón-Díaz

Vanegas

2020

Bol. Investig. Mar. Costeras

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Se evaluó la abundancia del pez león invasor Pterois volitans mediante censos visuales realizados en 2015 y 2016 en 54 sitios de seis localidades con arrecifes de coral a lo largo de la costa Caribe colombiana. El invasor se observó en todos los lugares y en la mayoría de las inmersiones, con una frecuencia de avistamiento de 88 %, valores de abundancia desde 0 hasta 9,7 ± 2,1 ind/250 m2 (388 ind/ha) y un promedio de 0,8 ± 1,3 ind/250 m2 (32 ind/ha). La densidad media fue similar a los valores reportados en otros trabajos que contaron pez león en una amplia escala espacial en el área invadida y el valor más alto se aproximó a la densidad máxima estimada en Colombia y otros lugares del Caribe.

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Abundancia del pez león invasor Pterois volitans en los arrecifes de coral costeros del Caribe colombiano

Chasqui

Rincón-Díaz

Vanegas

2020

Bol. Investig. Mar. Costeras

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“…(Gladfelter, 1982;Aronson and Precht, 2011) and aspergillosis in Gorgonia spp. between 1985and 1988(Garzón-Ferreira and Zea, 1992, the impact of invasive species such as Pterois volitans (Acero et al, 2019), and overfishing (Friedlander et al, 2014). These disturbances have led to algal turfs currently being the principal competitors of hard corals in the PNN Tayrona, a trend that has been reported previously for other tropical reefs (Hughes, 1994;Díaz-Pulido and McCook, 2002;Littler et al, 2006;Hughes et al, 2007; Tabla 3.…”

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“…(Gladfelter, 1982;Aronson y Precht, 2011) y aspergilosis en Gorgonia spp. entre 1985 y 1988) (Garzón-Ferreira y Zea, 1992), impactos por especies invasoras como Pterois volitans (Acero et al, 2019) y sobrepesca (Friedlander et al, 2014). Estas perturbaciones han provocado que los céspedes algales actualmente sean los principales competidores de corales duros en el PNN Tayrona, tendencia ya registrada para otros arrecifes tropicales (Hughes, 1994;Díaz-Pulido y McCook, 2002;Littler et al, 2006;Hughes et al, 2007;Sandin et al, 2008;Fricke et al, 2011;Barott et al, 2012;Harris et al, 2015).…”

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Interacciones de corales masivos con céspedes algales y otros organismos en arrecifes del Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona

Gómez-Cubillos

Sanjuan-Muñoz

et al. 2019

BIM

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In coral reefs, competition between sessile benthic organisms for access to space and other resources is a determining factor in community structuring. Recent coral mortality has favored the development of algal turfs, which are now competing with corals, often displacing them,although slowly. To determine the frequency of interactions between coral-turf and coral-other benthic categories, and how their distribution and results (coral wins or coral loses) are modulated by environmental factors, band photo transects were evaluated for 12 stations in the ParqueNacional Natural Tayrona, Santa Marta, Colombian Caribbean. It was found that algal turfs are the most frequent competitors of massive corals, and that the frequency of coral-turf interactions depends on the particular susceptibility of a coral species to the loss of tissue, and past disturbances that have affected the reef in which it lives. Furthermore, the results of these interactions depend on the ways the colonies are organized, meandroidand cerioid colonies being the most successful in competition against turfs, as their vertical growth constitutes an effective avoidance mechanism. By contrast, plocoid colonies are more prone to lose. In general, biological factors (the coral species in question and type of colonial organization) were determinants in the frequency and apparent result of coral-turf interactions, while environmental factors (disturbance gradient, depth, anddegree of wave exposure) appear not to play a predominant role. As a consequence, historical and future changes in coral species cover, and the nature of colony organization in the Santa Marta area, should reflect a combination of their susceptibility to deleterious agents and their capacityto counteract or evade competition, especially with algal turfs.

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Non‐native marine species risk screening and vector analysis to inform conservation management in the southern Caribbean

Tidbury

Copp

Davison

et al. 2021

Aquatic Conservation

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1. Marine protected areas of the Caribbean islands are at high risk of non-native species (NNS) introductions and impacts that may threaten conservation goals. To inform conservation management of these protected areas, the present study identified potentially-invasive NNS as well as introduction vectors and pathways for the southern Caribbean islands of Grenada, and St Vincent and the Grenadines.2. The activities associated with the introduction vectors and pathways relevant to priority NNS were assessed to highlight locations within the risk assessment area at elevated risk of NNS introduction and spread.3. The preliminary NNS list comprised 223 species of which 10 were screened using the Aquatic Species Invasiveness Screening Kit, which generated scores indicating moderate-to-high risk (18-51) of being invasive in the risk assessment area, based on generalized global threshold scores. The ports of Kingston (St Vincent) and St George's (Grenada) were associated with the greatest shipping and boating activity, indicating elevated risk of NNS introductions by way of these vectors.Coastal areas in the south of the risk assessment area were associated with highest risk of introduction of NNS by natural dispersal.4. The evidence presented in this study provides a strong basis upon which to develop and implement risk-based biosecurity and monitoring programmes to protect and conserve this region's marine protected areas.

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Feeding Habits of Pterois volitans: A Real Threat to Caribbean Coral Reef Biodiversity

Cited by 13 publications

References 51 publications

Abundancia del pez león invasor Pterois volitans en los arrecifes de coral costeros del Caribe colombiano

Abundancia del pez león invasor Pterois volitans en los arrecifes de coral costeros del Caribe colombiano

Interacciones de corales masivos con céspedes algales y otros organismos en arrecifes del Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona

Non‐native marine species risk screening and vector analysis to inform conservation management in the southern Caribbean

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