Stephanie Green

 
 

I am motivated by the desire to develop new techniques for quantifying and mitigating the effects of invasive species on marine biodiversity and ecosystem function. My work combines manipulative field experiments with large-scale correlative studies and mechanistic models to portray species and size-based interactions within marine fish communities. I'm currently applying these techniques to the invasive of Indo-Pacific lionfish into Atlantic coral reef systems, with the aim of developing predictive tools that will inform local control of the invasion within sensitive and protected marine habitats throughout the region. My research takes in several regions of the Caribbean (primarily the Bahamas, US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico to date) and involves collaborators from government, non-profit and regional research groups, as well as local dive operators.

Current position: Ph.D candidate

Degrees:

University of British Columbia (BSc Honours Ecology and Environmental Biology)


Email: stephanie.green@sfu.ca

My research

Publications

Green, SJ, JL Akins, A Maljkovic and IM Côté (in press) Invasive lionfish drive Atlantic coral reef fish declines. PLoS ONE.

Côté, IM and SJ Green (2011) Potential effects of climate change on a marine invasion: The importance of current context. Current Zoology. 58(1): 1-8

Darling, ES, SJ Green, JK O’Leary and IM Côté (2011) Indo-Pacific lionfish are larger and more abundant on invaded reefs: a comparison of Kenyan and Bahamian lionfish populations.   Biological Invasions.13(9): 2045-2051

Green, SJ, JL Akins and IM Côté (2011) Foraging behaviour and prey consumption in the Indo-Pacific lionfish on Bahamian coral reefs.  Marine Ecology Progress Series. 433: 159-167.

Green, SJ and IM Côté (2009) Record densities of Indo-Pacific lionfish on Bahamian coral reefs.   Coral Reefs. 28: 107.


Technical documents and book chapters

Morris, JA Jr., JL Akins, SJ Green, D Buddo and R Lozano (in review) Best Practices for Invasive Lionfish Control and Management in the Wider Caribbean.  International Coral Reef Initiative and United Nations Environmental Program Publications.

Green, SJ, Akins, JL and JA Morris Jr. (in press) Lionfish dissection: Techniques and Applications. NOAA Technical Memorandum.

Collaborators

Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF): www.reef.org/lionfish

NOAA Centre for Coastal Habitat and Fisheries Research: http://www.ccfhr.noaa.gov/stressors/lionfish.aspx

Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) Lionfish Research and Education Program: http://www.ceibahamas.org/lionfish.aspx

USGS Non-Indigenous Aquatic Species Database:
http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=963

International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) Regional Lionfish Working Group: http://icriforum.org/icri-meetings/icri-regional-lionfish-workshop

Stuart Cove’s Dive Bahamas: Stuart Cove generously donates logistic support for lionfish research and conservation endeavors in the Bahamas.  www.stuartcove.com

Media

Alien Invaders, WBPT2 Changing Seas Program.  http://video.wpbt2.org/video/1979166369/

One Fiesty Fish, Dan Rather Reports. http://www.hd.net/blogs/dan-rather-reports-one-feisty-fish/

Cayman Island Daybreak, Cayman 27 Morning News. http://www.cayman27.com.ky/news/item/1243

To Catch a Lionfish, Katie Couric & Co., CBS News. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-500803_162-5264986-500803.html

Lionfish: New explorers of the Caribbean. (December 2011) The Explorers Journal.

Lionfish Make New Home: Invasive Fish are Settling In for the Long Haul. (July 2009)  Alert Diver Magazine.