Climate change as an unexpected co-factor promoting coral eating seastar (Acanthaster planci) outbreaks

Coral reefs face a crisis due to local and global anthropogenic stressors. A large proportion of the ~50% coral loss on the Great Barrier Reef has been attributed to outbreaks of the crown-of-thorns-seastar (COTS). A widely assumed cause of primary COTS outbreaks is increased larval survivorship due...

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Autores principales: Uthicke, S., Logan, M., Liddy, M., Francis, D., Hardy, N., Lamare, M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4325318/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25672480
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep08402

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4325318/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25672480
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep08402

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