Mark Hixon

Affiliation: Oregon State University (OSU)
Address: []

Project: Ecological Release and Resistance at Sea: Invasion of Atlantic Coral Reefs by Pacific Lionfish (35 datasets)

DatasetLatest Version DateCurrent State
Counts of Elacatinus gobies on Bahamian reefs with controlled lionfish densities from reef surveys conducted in Eleuthera, Bahamas in 2012 (Lionfish Invasion project)

Role: Lead Principal Investigator

2013-03-11Final no updates expected
Results of experimental field studies, in the Bahamas, Cayman Islands, and Philippines, assessing susceptibility of red lionfish (Pterois volitans) to parasitic gnathiid isopods in both native and introduced ranges in 2009-2011

Role: Lead Principal Investigator

2013-03-14Final no updates expected
Results of an investigation of parasite communities infecting lionfish (Pterois volitans) in their native range, Guam and the Philippines, and in their invaded range, the Bahamas and the Cayman Islands

Role: Principal Investigator

2013-04-03Final no updates expected
Names, codes, and characteristics of species observed during reef surveys in the Bahamas (Lionfish Invasion project)

Role: Lead Principal Investigator

2013-03-19Final no updates expected
Results of fish surveys on experimental reefs at Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas from 2009-2012 (Lionfish Invasion project)

Role: Lead Principal Investigator

2013-03-20Preliminary and in progress
Record of lionfish handled/collected during surveys near Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas from 2009-2011 (Lionfish Invasion project)

Role: Lead Principal Investigator

2013-04-09Final no updates expected
Results of a manipulative field experiment on the effect of lionfish predation on bridled goby populations, conducted at Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas from 2009-2012 (Lionfish Invasion project)

Role: Lead Principal Investigator

2013-04-10Final no updates expected
Cleaner and host species observed on Bahamian reefs under varying experimental conditions in Eleuthera, Bahamas in 2012 (Lionfish Invasion project)

Role: Lead Principal Investigator

2013-04-03Final no updates expected
Results of fairy basslet (Gramma loreto) surveys on historically monitored ledges near Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas following invasion by red lionfish (Pterois volitans), 2009-2012 (Lionfish Invasion project)

Role: Lead Principal Investigator

2013-04-17Final no updates expected
Fairy basslet counts and density prior to manipulation experiments conducted at reefs near Eleuthera, Bahamas in 2012 (Lionfish Invasion project)

Role: Lead Principal Investigator

2013-04-24Final no updates expected
Size of predators observed during dedicated reef predator searches at Eleuthera, Bahamas in 2012 (Lionfish Invasion project)

Role: Lead Principal Investigator

2013-04-24Final no updates expected
Counts of fairy basslet and predator species at reefs near Eleuthera, Bahamas following the establishment of experiment treatments in 2012 (Lionfish Invasion project)

Role: Lead Principal Investigator

2013-04-25Final no updates expected
Fairy basslet censuses at control and experimental reefs near Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas from 2009-2012 (Lionfish Invasion project)

Role: Lead Principal Investigator

2013-04-26Final no updates expected
Predators observed at reefs near Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas from 2009-2012 (Lionfish Invasion project)

Role: Lead Principal Investigator

2013-04-29Final no updates expected
Results of lab experiments to determine if lionfish (Pterois volitans) eat cleaner gobies (Elacatinus sp.); conducted at Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas and Cayman Islands in 2011 (Lionfish Invasion project)

Role: Lead Principal Investigator

2013-04-30Final no updates expected
Results of lab experiments to determine if groupers (Cephalopholis sp.) eat cleaner gobies (Elacatinus sp.); conducted at Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas and Cayman Islands in 2011 (Lionfish Invasion project)

Role: Lead Principal Investigator

2013-04-30Final no updates expected
Results of a controlled lab experiment investigating consumption of bridled gobies by lionfish at the Tropical Marine Lab at Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas in 2011 (Lionfish Invasion project)

Role: Lead Principal Investigator

2013-05-06Final no updates expected
Results of manipulative field study and controlled lab experiment on growth rates of juvenile lionfish on reefs with controlled abundances of Nassau grouper; Bahamas, 2010 (Lionfish Invasion project)

Role: Lead Principal Investigator

2013-05-06Final no updates expected
Counts of small reef fishes taken by census at artificial and transplant reefs at Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas in 2010 (Lionfish Invasion project)

Role: Lead Principal Investigator

2013-05-29Final no updates expected
Results of lab experiment examining competition for refuge space between invasive lionfish and Nassau grouper; conducted at Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas from 2009-2012 (Lionfish Invasion project)

Role: Lead Principal Investigator

2013-06-03Final no updates expected
Record of lionfish collected near Eleuthera, Bahamas during reef surveys in 2012 (Lionfish Invasion project)

Role: Lead Principal Investigator

2013-09-12Final no updates expected
Record of lionfish sighted near Eleuthera, Bahamas during reef surveys in 2012 (Lionfish Invasion project)

Role: Lead Principal Investigator

2013-09-12Final no updates expected
Results of field experiment testing for density dependence in lionfish growth, immigration, recruitement, and loss; conducted at Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas in 2011 (Lionfish Invasion project)

Role: Lead Principal Investigator

2013-06-20Final no updates expected
Results of field experiment testing for the effects of lionfish density on native fishes; conducted at Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas in 2011 (Lionfish Invasion project)

Role: Lead Principal Investigator

2013-06-21Final no updates expected
Behavioral observations of lionfish at native Pacific and invaded Atlantic locations (Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Guam, Philippines) from 2009-2012 (Lionfish Invasion project)

Role: Lead Principal Investigator

2013-06-26Final no updates expected
Record of lionfish collected near Little Cayman Island during 2011 (Lionfish Invasion project)

Role: Lead Principal Investigator

2013-07-02Final no updates expected
Record of lionfish sighted near Little Cayman Island in 2011 (Lionfish Invasion project)

Role: Lead Principal Investigator

2013-07-05Final no updates expected
Record of lionfish sighted and/or collected near Little Cayman Island, 2010 (Lionfish Invasion project)

Role: Lead Principal Investigator

2013-07-05Final no updates expected
Lionfish behavior observed during study of effect of density on lionfish behavior at Eleuthera, Bahamas in 2012 (Lionfish Invasion project)

Role: Lead Principal Investigator

2013-09-12Final no updates expected
Lionfish movements to/from reefs observed during study of effect of density on lionfish behavior at Eleuthera, Bahamas in 2012 (Lionfish Invasion project)

Role: Lead Principal Investigator

2013-07-09Final no updates expected
Observations of damselfish (Stegastes planifrons) behavior in the presence of lionfish and other native fishes at Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas and Little Cayman Island in 2011 (Lionfish Invasion project)

Role: Lead Principal Investigator

2013-07-09Final no updates expected
Results of experiment comparing herbivorous fish grazing at reefs with manipulated lionfish densities at Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas in 2011 (Lionfish Invasion project)

Role: Lead Principal Investigator

2013-08-16Final no updates expected
Data on lionfish juvenile growth patterns from tagged lionfish in the Bahamas, Guam, and Philippines from 2009-2012 (Lionfish Invasion project)

Role: Lead Principal Investigator

2013-09-06Final no updates expected
Data on lionfish juvenile growth patterns from tagged lionfish in the Cayman Islands from 2010-2011 (Lionfish Invasion project)

Role: Lead Principal Investigator

2013-08-19Final no updates expected
Record of lionfish sighted during surveys near Lee Stocking Isalnd, Bahamas from 2009-2011 (Lionfish Invasion project)

Role: Lead Principal Investigator

2013-04-10Final no updates expected

Project: Mechanisms and Consequences of Fish Biodiversity Loss on Atlantic Coral Reefs Caused by Invasive Pacific Lionfish (30 datasets)

DatasetLatest Version DateCurrent State
Experimental results describing Stegastes planiforms attack behavior towards Pterois volitans and native predators in the Cayman Islands and the Bahamas during 2011

Role: Principal Investigator

2016-08-01Final no updates expected
Experimental results describing Stegastes planiforms attack rates towards Pterois volitans and native predators in the Cayman Islands and the Bahamas during 2011

Role: Principal Investigator

2016-08-02Final no updates expected
Experimental results describing the maximum distances at which Stegastes planiforms attacked Pterois volitans and native predators in the Cayman Islands and the Bahamas during 2011

Role: Principal Investigator

2016-08-02Final no updates expected
Experimental results indicating which predators were attacked by Stegastes planiforms in the Cayman Islands and the Bahamas during 2011

Role: Principal Investigator

2016-08-02Final no updates expected
Experimental results on density dependent loss and growth in invasive red lionfish sampled at Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas in 2011

Role: Principal Investigator

2016-08-05Final no updates expected
Experimental results on density dependent recruitment and immigration in invasive red lionfish sampled at Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas in 2011

Role: Principal Investigator

2016-08-05Final no updates expected
Initial lionfish behaviors at different densities of local lionfish and prey fish on reefs in Eleuthera, Bahamas during 2012

Role: Principal Investigator

2016-08-09Final no updates expected
Focal lionfish behaviors at different densities of local lionfish and prey fish in Eleuthera, Bahamas from July to August in 2012

Role: Principal Investigator

2016-08-10Final no updates expected
The number of lionfish that moved between reefs and seagrass in Eleuthera, Bahamas from July to August in 2012

Role: Principal Investigator

2016-08-10Final no updates expected
General information about lionfish density and envrionmental conditions in Eleuthera, Bahamas from July to August in 2012

Role: Principal Investigator

2016-08-10Final no updates expected
Censuses of the native prey fish populations during lionfish surveys in Eleuthera, Bahamas from July to August in 2012

Role: Principal Investigator

2016-08-11Final no updates expected
Species key for individuals surveyed in studies conducted by M. Hixon, C. Benkwitt, and T. Kindinger in the Bahamas (Eleuthera), Bonaire, and the Cayman Islands between 2009 and 2015

Role: Principal Investigator

2018-06-07Final no updates expected
Effect of lionfish densities on native coral-reef fishes from Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas during 2009-2012 (Biodiversity Loss Effects Lionfish project)

Role: Principal Investigator

2016-08-22Final no updates expected
Effect of lionfish presence on native fish abundance in main reefs where lionfish resided on Eleuthera, Bahamas during 2013 (Biodiversity Loss Effects Lionfish project)

Role: Principal Investigator

2016-08-23Final no updates expected
Effect of lionfish presence on native fish abundance on satellite coral heads in seagrass habitats on Eleuthera, Bahamas during 2013 (Biodiversity Loss Effects Lionfish project)

Role: Principal Investigator

2016-08-23Final no updates expected
Effect of lionfish presence on native fish abundance in open areas of seagrass habitat in Eleuthera, Bahamas during 2013 (Biodiversity Loss Effects Lionfish project)

Role: Principal Investigator

2016-08-23Final no updates expected
Effect of lionfish presence on native fish abundance in standardized habitat units in seagrass in Eleuthera, Bahamas during 2013 (Biodiversity Loss Effects Lionfish project)

Role: Principal Investigator

2016-08-23Final no updates expected
Species code key for Tye Kindinger datasets on native and invasive predators in the Cayman Islands.

Role: Principal Investigator

2017-05-16Final no updates expected
Grazing preferences by herbivorous fishes in The Bahamas in 2011

Role: Principal Investigator

2017-05-16Final no updates expected
Fish species survey from the Bahamas from 2009-2012.

Role: Principal Investigator

2017-05-16Final no updates expected
Initial hunting preferences by predator species in the Bahamas in 2013

Role: Principal Investigator

2017-05-16Final no updates expected
Fish species preferences by predators in the Bahamas in 2013

Role: Principal Investigator

2017-05-16Final no updates expected
Predator effects on reef fish settlement in Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean in July and August of 2014 (BiodiversityLossEffects_lionfish project)

Role: Principal Investigator

2018-03-01Final no updates expected
Lionfish and grouper density from surveys conducted at Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas from 2009-2015 (BiodiversityLossEffects_lionfish project)

Role: Principal Investigator

2018-04-04Final no updates expected
Behavioral response of invasive lionfish that overlapped with basslets from observations conducted in 2014 in the Bahamas.

Role: Principal Investigator

2018-05-07Final no updates expected
Basslet counts of two species from experiments conducted in 2014 in the Bahamas.

Role: Principal Investigator

2018-05-07Final no updates expected
Data describing basslet aggression from experiments conducted in 2014 in the Bahamas.

Role: Principal Investigator

2018-05-07Final no updates expected
Growth rates of two basslet species from an experiment conducted in 2014 in the Bahamas.

Role: Principal Investigator

2018-05-07Final no updates expected
Feeding rates of two basslet species from an experiment conducted in 2014 in the Bahamas.

Role: Principal Investigator

2018-05-07Final no updates expected
Feeding positions of two basslet species from an experiment conducted in 2014 in the Bahamas.

Role: Principal Investigator

2018-05-07Final no updates expected