The transition from the post-settlement herbivorous juvenile to the coral-eating stage of crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) is a fundamental step to seed population outbreaks that decimate tropical ...
William WEST/AFP/AFP Divers clutch wooden spears as they plunge beneath the waves, hunting hordes of hungry starfish destroying the coral reefs around the Cook Islands. These makeshift tools are their ...
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Scientists observe crabs eating juvenile crown-of-thorns starfish
Small crabs could be the invisible force controlling crown-of-thorns starfish, according to a new study from multiple ...
Reprinted from Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 43/3 1992. "Papers from a symposium on Reproduction, Recruitment and Hydrodynamics in the Crown-of-thorns Phenomenon, held on 22-23 ...
Removal of sharks and large teleosts by fishing creates a trophic cascade by altering anti-predator behaviors of mesopredatory fishes, which reduces predation on Crown of Thorns Starfish, allowing the ...
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