Top PDF Pathogenesis of crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci L)
Pathogenesis of crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci L)
... Outbreaks of the crown-of-thorns starfish, Acanthaster planci (L.), represent one of the most significant biological disturbances on coral reefs, contributing greatly to widespread habitat ...
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Pathogenesis of crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci L)
... the crown-of-thorns starfish Acanthaster planci (COTS) after injection of thiosulfate-citrate-bile-sucrose agar (TCBS) which was used as a disease inducer (potential outbreak control method), by ...
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Body size and substrate type modulate movement by the western Pacific crown-of-thorns starfish, Acanthaster solaris
... of crown-of-thorns starfish in shallow inter-reef sand flats around Ishigaki Island, south- ern ...corals, starfish aggregations were observed moving across shallow sand flats, presumably in ...
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Benthic predators influence microhabitat preferences and settlement success of crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster cf. solaris)
... adult crown-of-thorns starfish [22], their abundance on any given reef is fundamentally dependent on rates of successful settlement and ...that crown-of-thorns starfish ...
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Assessing different causes of crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks and appropriate responses for management on the Great Barrier Reef
... The crown-of-thorns starfish Acanthaster planci (COTS) has contributed greatly to declines in coral cover on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, and remains one of the major acute disturbances on ...
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Larval survivorship and settlement of crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster cf. solaris) at varying algal cell densities
... This idea is largely predicated on marked differences in the proportion of CoTS larvae that complete development over relatively moderate ranges of chlorophyll concentrations [19]. Fabricius et al. [19] showed that ...
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Known predators of crown of thorns starfish (Acanthaster spp ) and their role in mitigating, if not preventing, population outbreaks
... of crown-of-thorns starfish is meagre ...of crown-of-thorns starfish (57% of reefs affected) compared to reefs effectively closed to fishing within no-take marine reserves (8% of ...
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Larval Survivorship and Settlement of Crown-of-Thorns Starfish (Acanthaster cf. solaris) at Varying Chlorophyll Concentrations
... For crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster ...for crown-of-thorns starfish larvae and how far they can disperse, which are important for understanding the initiation and spread of ...
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Known predators of crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster spp.) and their role in mitigating, if not preventing, population outbreaks
... of crown-of-thorns starfish is meagre ...of crown-of-thorns starfish (57% of reefs affected) compared to reefs effectively closed to fishing within no-take marine reserves (8% of ...
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Body size and substrate type modulate movement by the western Pacific crown of thorns starfish, Acanthaster solaris
... for crown-of-thorns starfish do increase with increasing body ...of starfish used in ...the starfish, Patiria miniata, were largely determined by the arm length (relative to the size of ...
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Interactive effects of endogenous and exogenous nutrition on larval development for crown-cf-thorns starfish
... the crown-of-thorns starfish. Female starfish on Acropora and mixed diet produced bigger oocytes compared to Porites-fed and starved ...of crown-of-thorns starfish, ...
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Environmental Tipping Points for Sperm Motility, Fertilization, and Embryonic Development in the Crown-of-Thorns Starfish, Acanthaster cf. solaris
... Sperm speed (sperm point-to-point velocity = total distance traveled per second) and sperm motility (percentage of motile sperm) were measured from five male starfish, using techniques described for ...
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Variation in incidence and severity of injuries among crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster cf. solaris) on Australia's Great Barrier Reef
... 3846 crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster ...All starfish were collected while snorkelling or SCUBA diving using large purpose-built tongs to carefully extract starfish from among the ...
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Vogler, Catherine (2010): Phylogeography and evolution of the crown-of-thorns starfish Acanthaster planci. Dissertation, LMU München: Fakultät für Geowissenschaften
... As pointed out by Birkeland and Lucas (1990), the major problem in coping with the “Acanthaster phenomenon” is that we still do not have an adequate under- standing of this organism, despite all the research performed on ...
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Microsatellites reveal genetic homogeneity among outbreak populations of crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster cf. solaris) on Australia's Great Barrier Reef
... Crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster ...1). Starfish were collected whilst snorkelling or SCUBA diving (depending on working ...All starfish were kept alive in 500 L tanks connected to ...
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Potential enhanced survivorship of crown of thorns starfish larvae due to near-annual nutrient enrichment during secondary outbreaks on the central mid-shelf of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia
... Abstract: The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is currently experiencing widespread crown of thorns starfish (CoTS) outbreaks, as part of the fourth wave of outbreaks since 1962. It is believed that these ...
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Potential Enhanced Survivorship of Crown of Thorns Starfish Larvae due to Near-Annual Nutrient Enrichment during Secondary Outbreaks on the Central Mid-Shelf of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia
... Abstract: The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is currently experiencing widespread crown of thorns starfish (CoTS) outbreaks as part of the fourth wave of outbreaks since 1962. It is believed that outbreaks ...
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Environmental tipping points for sperm motility, fertilization, and embryonic development in the crown-of-thorns starfish
... the crown-of-thorns starfish, early life history stages (from spawning to settlement) may be exposed to a wide range of environmental conditions, and could have a major bearing on reproductive ...
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Modelling growth of juvenile crown-of-thorns starfish on the northern Great Barrier Reef
... juvenile crown-of-thorns starfish have been hindered by the ability to detect them in the field ...for crown-of-thorns starfish control and ...
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Crown-of-thorns starfish have true image forming vision
... the crown-of-thorns starfish were conducted under con- trolled conditions in a circular behavioural arena ...that starfish were attracted to paired black and white rectangles on a grey ...
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