{"id":8256,"date":"2019-10-21T09:05:41","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T13:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?p=8256"},"modified":"2026-02-23T15:51:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:51:48","slug":"new-study-from-carleton-university-shows-warming-ocean-boosts-invasive-lionfish-appetite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/2019\/new-study-from-carleton-university-shows-warming-ocean-boosts-invasive-lionfish-appetite\/","title":{"rendered":"New Study from Carleton University Shows Warming Ocean Boosts Invasive Lionfish Appetite"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        New Study from Carleton University Shows Warming Ocean Boosts Invasive Lionfish Appetite\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lionfish_400x300_acf_cropped.jpg\" alt=\"Photo for the news post: New Study from Carleton University Shows Warming Ocean Boosts Invasive Lionfish Appetite\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A new study from Carleton University\u2019s Clay Steell and Steven Cooke\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fecpl.ca\/\">Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology Lab<\/a>&nbsp;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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more read the original <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/2019\/new-study-from-carleton-university-shows-warming-ocean-boosts-invasive-lionfish-appetite\/\">Carleton News room article<\/a> or the journal article<a href=\"https:\/\/jeb.biologists.org\/content\/222\/19\/jeb209437.abstract\"> <em>An Appetite for Invasion: Digestive Physiology, Thermal Performance and Food Intake in Lionfish<\/em><\/a>, is published in the&nbsp;<em>Journal of Experimental Biology<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new study from Carleton University\u2019s Clay Steell and Steven Cooke\u2019s&nbsp;Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology Lab&nbsp;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. 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