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Larval Starvation to Satiation: Influence of Nutrient Regime on the Success of Acanthaster planci

High density populations of the crown-of-thorns seastar, Acanthaster planci, are a major contributor to the decline of coral reefs, however the causes behind periodic outbreaks of this species are not understood. The enhanced nutrients hypothesis posits that pulses of enhanced larval food in eutroph...

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Autores principales: Wolfe, Kennedy, Graba-Landry, Alexia, Dworjanyn, Symon A., Byrne, Maria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4366153/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25790074
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0122010