A new study from Carleton University’s Clay Steell and Steven Cooke’s Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology Lab is the first to show that invasive lionfish eat more and perform better as the ocean warms with climate change, thanks to a digestive system that likes the heat.
To learn more read the original Carleton News room article or the journal article An Appetite for Invasion: Digestive Physiology, Thermal Performance and Food Intake in Lionfish, is published in the Journal of Experimental Biology.