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There's No Place Like Home: Crown-of-Thorns Outbreaks in the Central Pacific Are Regionally Derived and Independent Events

One of the most significant biological disturbances on a tropical coral reef is a population outbreak of the fecund, corallivorous crown-of-thorns sea star, Acanthaster planci. Although the factors that trigger an initial outbreak may vary, successive outbreaks within and across regions are assumed...

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Autores principales: Timmers, Molly A., Bird, Christopher E., Skillings, Derek J., Smouse, Peter E., Toonen, Robert J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3281911/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22363570
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0031159