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  caption: "Lionfish, native to the Pacific Ocean, are an invasive species in the Atlantic. Their range is projected to expand closer to (a) the U.S. Atlantic coastline as a result of climate change. The maps show projected range expansion of the invasive lionfish in the southeast United States by mid-century (green) and end of the century (red), based on (b) the lower and \\(c) higher scenarios (RCP4.5 and RCP8.5, respectively), as compared to their recently observed range (blue). The projected range shifts under a higher scenario (RCP8.5) represents a 45% increase over the current year-round range. Venomous lionfish are opportunistic, generalist predators that consume a wide variety of invertebrates and fishes and may compete with native predatory fishes. Expansion of their range has the potential to increase the number of stings of divers and fishers. Source: adapted from Grieve et al. 2016.{{< tbib '77' '731a060b-8e03-4cad-962b-0915fbd9acdd' >}}"
  chapter_identifier: ecosystems-ecosystem-services-and-biodiversity
  create_dt: 2018-02-23T20:23:54
  identifier: lion-fish
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  ordinal: 4
  report_identifier: nca4
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  submission_dt: 2018-11-30T20:07:50
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  title: Projected Range Expansion of Invasive Lionfish
  uri: /report/nca4/chapter/ecosystems-ecosystem-services-and-biodiversity/figure/lion-fish
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