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Research Projects

Lionfish : Useful Resources

Portals
Invasive Lionfish Web Portal
Caribbean Invasive Alien Species Network (CIASNET)
Global Invasive Species Database (GISD)
Database of Islands Invasive Species Eradications

Websites
The USGS Lionfish page 
The REEF Lionfish website 
NOAA Ocean Service Education: The Lionfish Invasion
National Geographic Lionfish page
Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Videos
Lion Fish the Edible Menace
A Little on Lionfish In Barbados
• News Update: Lion Fish Derby

Fact sheets
Lionfish quick facts
Portrait of an Invasion
Lionfish fact sheet (NOAA)
Lionfish sting first aid and treatment

Presentations
• Invasive Lionfish presentation (2012)
• Lionfish Barbados INFOPESCA WECAFC (2014)
• Lionfish presentation (World Fisheries Day 2017)
• Tracking the Red Lionfish Invasion in Barbados stakeholder presentation (2018)
• Barbados Coral Reef Symposium 2018 (lionfish presentation)

Response and management plans
National Lionfish Response Plan Bahamas 
Lionfish Management Plan Puerto Rico
National Lionfish Response Plan St Eustatius 
National Lionfish Response Plan US Virgin Islands
NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries Lionfish Response Plan (2015-2018)

Guidelines
IUCN Guidelines for the Prevention of Biodiversity Loss Caused by Alien Invasive Species 

Data collection
Barbados lionfish sightings form
Lionfish dissection techniques and applications

Conference papers

2009
Biology and Ecology of the Invasive Lionfishes, Pterois miles and Pterois volitans

2013
Invasive Lionfish in the Marketplace: Challenges and Opportunities

2014
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) Haplotype Diversity of the Invasive Lionfish (Pterois volitans) in Barbados

Journal articles
2011
Predicted impact of the invasive lionfish Pterois volitans on the food web of a Caribbean coral reef
Worst case scenario: potential long-term effects of invasive predatory lionfish (Pterois volitans) on Atlantic and Caribbean coral-reef communities
A Case Study of Lionfish Sting-Induced Paralysis

2012 
Progression of invasive lionfish in seagrass, mangrove and reef habitats
Characterizing trophic ecology of generalist consumers: a case study of the invasive lionfish in The Bahamas

Books
2012
Invasive Lionfish: A Guide to Control and Management

2013
Effects of invasive Pacific red lionfish Pterois volitans versus a native predator on Bahamian coral-reef fish communities

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