Invasive Species

What's Lurking in the Waters? 3:9 min

COSEE Florida Water as Habitat Episode 5 - Dominique Lazarre, Ph.D. candidate at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science explains her research on the invasive species of lion fish.

Related Media:

Interactive Lionfish Map:

The Interactive Lionfish Map includes all lionfish data reported to the FWC since early 2014 via the Report Florida Lionfish app and the Report Lionfish webpage.

Lionfish Brochure:

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Lionfish Brochure

Lionfish Invasion:

Lionfish surveying off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, by Coast Watch volunteers and the University of Georgia.

Invasion of the Alien Fish | Schoolyard Films:

A 15-minute video detailing the story of communities coming together for environmental protection and of proactive advocacy for sustainable aquatic ecosystems.

Lionfish Sightings in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico:

This short animation video shows lionfish sightings explode in the Western Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico from 1985 to 2013.

COSEE Florida Lionfish Module 1 - Systems and Linear Programming Teacher Guide & Glossary:

Resource for educators to interpret and use presented lionfish information and data to create systems of inequalities to create cost analysis of restaurant lionfish offerings and determine optimal conditions using restraints.

COSEE Florida Lionfish Module 1 - Systems and Linear Programming Student Handouts:

Resource for students to interpret and use presented lionfish information and data to create systems of inequalities to create cost analysis of restaurant lionfish offerings and determine optimal conditions using restraints.

COSEE Florida Lionfish Module 1 - Systems and Linear Programming Answer Key:

Resource for educators and students to interpret and use presented lionfish information and data to create systems of inequalities to create cost analysis of restaurant lionfish offerings and determine optimal conditions using restraints.

COSEE Florida Lionfish Module 2 - Exponential Growth and Decay Teacher Guide & Glossary:

Resource for educators to use exponential growth and decay functions to model lionfish populations.

COSEE Florida Lionfish Module 2 - Exponential Growth and Decay Student Handout:

Resource students to use exponential growth and decay functions to model lionfish populations.

COSEE Florida Lionfish Module 2 - Exponential Growth and Decay Answer Key:

Resource for educators and students to use exponential growth and decay functions to model lionfish populations.

COSEE Florida Lionfish Module 3 - Population Densities Teacher Guide & Glossary:

Resource for educators to determine if lionfish derbies are an effective means to estimate lionfish population samples through the use and manipulation of multi-variable formulas.

COSEE Florida Lionfish Module 3 - Population Densities Student Handout:

Resource for students to determine if lionfish derbies are an effective means to estimate lionfish population samples through the use and manipulation of multi-variable formulas.

COSEE Florida Lionfish Module 3 - Population Densities Answer Key:

Resource for educators and students to determine if lionfish derbies are an effective means to estimate lionfish population samples through the use and manipulation of multi-variable formulas.