Lionfish Decimating Tropical Fish Populations, Threatening Coral Reefs
Thursday, July 17, 2008 - 16:21
in Earth & Climate
The invasion of predatory lionfish in the Caribbean region poses yet another major threat there to coral reef ecosystems -- a new study has found that within a short period after the entry of lionfish into an area, the survival of other reef fishes is slashed by about 80 percent.