Works Cited

Core research and community sources for the student health project. Restaurant evidence and image credits are linked in the main website.

Albins, Mark A., and Mark A. Hixon. “Invasive Indo-Pacific Lionfish Pterois volitans Reduce Recruitment of Atlantic Coral-Reef Fishes.” Marine Ecology Progress Series, vol. 367, 2008, pp. 233–38. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps07620.

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. “Lionfish.” MyFWC, https://myfwc.com/fishing/saltwater/recreational/lionfish/. Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.

Green, Stephanie J., et al. “Invasive Lionfish Drive Atlantic Coral Reef Fish Declines.” PLOS ONE, vol. 7, no. 3, 7 Mar. 2012, e32596. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0032596.

Green, Stephanie J., et al. “Linking Removal Targets to the Ecological Effects of Invaders: A Predictive Model and Field Test.” Ecological Applications, vol. 24, no. 6, 2014, pp. 1311–22. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-0979.1.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. “Impacts of Invasive Lionfish.” NOAA Fisheries, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/southeast/ecosystems/impacts-invasive-lionfish. Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.

Reef Environmental Education Foundation. “Field Survey Tax Deductibility Information.” REEF, https://www.reef.org/field-survey-tax-deductibility-information. Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.

Reef Environmental Education Foundation. “Invasive Species Program.” REEF, https://www.reef.org/programs/invasive-species-program. Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration. “How to Report Seafood-Related Toxin and Scombrotoxin Fish Poisoning Illnesses.” FDA, https://www.fda.gov/food/outbreaks-foodborne-illness/how-report-seafood-related-toxin-and-scombrotoxin-fish-poisoning-illnesses. Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.

AI acknowledgment

OpenAI Codex assisted with writing, research organization, coding, testing and deployment, September–October 2026. The built-in OpenAI image-generation tool created the reef illustration. AI output is not a scientific source.