©2020 Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office.Survey data for invasive lionfish and a comparison native predator (Nassau Grouper) on reefs around Lee Stocking Island, The Bahamas (23°46'0.12"N 76° 5'57.00"W). These data are compiled across multiple spatial scales and were collected from the time lionfish first arrived in the study area (2009) through 2015.
Species names and common names for the species codes used in this dataset can be found in the "Species Key" dataset https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/655195.
These data were utilized in the following publication (Benkwitt et al., 2017)
Hixon, M. (2018) Lionfish and grouper density from surveys conducted at Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas from 2009-2015 (BiodiversityLossEffects_lionfish project). Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2018-04-04 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/728810 [access date]
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