{"id":2171,"date":"2014-06-20T20:57:33","date_gmt":"2014-06-21T00:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wetrocksdiving.com\/?p=2171"},"modified":"2020-03-02T21:38:08","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T02:38:08","slug":"lionfish-and-salinity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wetrocksdiving.com\/?p=2171","title":{"rendered":"Lionfish and Salinity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Recent research into lionfish, an invasive species to Florida reefs, has shown that they can survive in very low salinity waters. This means that rivers and estuaries could be at risk to lionfish populations, whose voracious appetites could threatening juvenile fish species that live.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Interestingly, this information was discovered by a Palm Beach County 12 year old conducting a school science project. \u00a0Read the full article <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.sun-sentinel.com\/2014-06-18\/news\/fl-young-lionfish-scientist-20140617_1_dead-lionfish-craig-layman-salinity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2172\" style=\"width: 1546px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wetrocksdiving.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/fl-fl-young-lionfish-scientistb-jpg-20140618.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2172\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2172\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wetrocksdiving.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/fl-fl-young-lionfish-scientistb-jpg-20140618.jpg\" alt=\"Lauren Arrington holds up a lionfish speared off the coast of Jupiter. (Courtesy of Albrey Arrington, Handout via SunSentinel)\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wetrocksdiving.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/fl-fl-young-lionfish-scientistb-jpg-20140618.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.wetrocksdiving.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/fl-fl-young-lionfish-scientistb-jpg-20140618-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.wetrocksdiving.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/fl-fl-young-lionfish-scientistb-jpg-20140618-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2172\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lauren Arrington holds up a lionfish speared off the coast of Jupiter. (Courtesy of Albrey Arrington, Handout via SunSentinel)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent research into lionfish, an invasive species to Florida reefs, has shown that they can survive in very low salinity waters. 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