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

• मुख्य लेखक: Morgan Pratchett (Ed.) (auth)
• अन्य लेखक: Sven Uthicke (Ed.) (auth)
• स्वरूप: इलेक्ट्रोनिक पुस्तक अध्याय
• भाषा: अंग्रेज़ी
• प्रकाशित: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2017
• विषय: Biology, life sciences; Coral reefs; Habitat loss; Disturbance; Ecology; Management; Acanthaster spp.
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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...