Biology, Ecology and Management of Crown-of-Thorns Starfish

Outbreaks of crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster spp.) are a major contributor to ongoing coral loss on reefs throughout the Indo-Pacific, thereby jeopardizing productivity and biodiversity of these important marine ecosystems. Controlling outbreak populations of Acanthaster spp. is considered one...

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المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Morgan Pratchett (Ed.), Sven Uthicke (Ed.)
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منشور في: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
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description Outbreaks of crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster spp.) are a major contributor to ongoing coral loss on reefs throughout the Indo-Pacific, thereby jeopardizing productivity and biodiversity of these important marine ecosystems. Controlling outbreak populations of Acanthaster spp. is considered one of the most promising strategies to halt or reverse widespread declines in live coral cover. Effective management of crown-of-thorns starfish is, however, conditional on improved understanding of their biology and ecology. While crown-of-thorns starfish are arguably the most extensively studied of any single coral reef species, there remain considerable gaps in our knowledge of their basic biology and ecology. This edited monograph presents the latest research and significant advances in understanding and managing outbreaks of crown-of-thorns starfish.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-422422024-04-05T12:33:02Z Biology, Ecology and Management of Crown-of-Thorns Starfish Morgan Pratchett (Ed.) Sven Uthicke (Ed.) QH301-705.5 Coral reefs Habitat loss Disturbance Ecology Management Acanthaster spp. thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences Outbreaks of crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster spp.) are a major contributor to ongoing coral loss on reefs throughout the Indo-Pacific, thereby jeopardizing productivity and biodiversity of these important marine ecosystems. Controlling outbreak populations of Acanthaster spp. is considered one of the most promising strategies to halt or reverse widespread declines in live coral cover. Effective management of crown-of-thorns starfish is, however, conditional on improved understanding of their biology and ecology. While crown-of-thorns starfish are arguably the most extensively studied of any single coral reef species, there remain considerable gaps in our knowledge of their basic biology and ecology. This edited monograph presents the latest research and significant advances in understanding and managing outbreaks of crown-of-thorns starfish. 2021-02-11T09:09:34Z 2021-02-11T09:09:34Z 2017-12-04 12:20:54 2017 book 24731 9783038426035 9783038426028 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/42242 eng application/octet-stream Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://www.mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/455 http://www.mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/455 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 10.3390/books978-3-03842-603-5 10.3390/books978-3-03842-603-5 46cabcaa-dd94-4bfe-87b4-55023c1b36d0 9783038426035 9783038426028 VIII, 272 open access
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Ecology
Management
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Sven Uthicke (Ed.)
Biology, Ecology and Management of Crown-of-Thorns Starfish
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Habitat loss
Disturbance
Ecology
Management
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