Jurnal Kelautan Tropis, 2023 Catfish (Clarias sp.) is Indonesia's most important and popular freshwater commodity, widely cultured and intensively grown. This study is aimed to find out the effects of the chloroform fraction from a methanol extract of Acanthaster planci on non ...
Janib Achmad +3 more
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Non-Invasive Underwater DNA Sampling Illuminates Red Sea Echinoderm Diversity. [PDF]
Mol Ecol ResourABSTRACT Species‐specific non‐invasive underwater DNA sampling remains largely understudied for marine invertebrates despite its potential to revolutionise biodiversity assessment of vulnerable species or fragile ecosystems. Comprehensive species‐specific DNA barcode databases are essential for accurate species identification and taxonomic assignment ...
Bonomo M, Bronstein O.
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The role of top-predator in the preservation of coral reefs ecosystem
Communication in Biomathematical Sciences, 2017 The coral reef ecosystem in Indonesian as part of Coral Triangle Region has been significantly decreasing in the last decades. This damage has been known widely due to coastal development, pollution, and uncontrolled fishing and harvesting.
Rina Ratianingsih +3 more
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Bright spots in the darkness of cancer: A review of starfishes-derived compounds and their anti-tumor action [PDF]
, 2019 The fight against cancer represents a great challenge for researchers and, for this reason, the search for new promising drugs to improve cancer treatments has become inevitable.
Arizza V. +4 more
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Species and size diversity in protective services offered by coral guard-crabs [PDF]
PeerJ, 2014 Coral guard-crabs in the genus Trapezia are well-documented defenders of their pocilloporid coral hosts against coral predators such as the Crown-of-Thorns seastar (Acanthaster planci complex).
C. Seabird McKeon, Jenna M. Moore
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Thirty years of research on Crown-of-Thorns Starfish (1986–2016): Scientific advances and emerging opportunities [PDF]
, 2017 Research on the coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish (CoTS) has waxed and waned over the last few decades, mostly in response to population outbreaks at specific locations.
Babcock, R.C. +17 more
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Size matters: Predator outbreaks threaten foundation species in small Marine Protected Areas.
PLoS ONE, 2017 The unanticipated impacts of consumers in fragmented habitats are frequently a challenge for ecosystem management. On Indo-Pacific coral reefs, crown-of-thorns sea stars (Acanthaster spp.) are coral predators whose outbreaks cause precipitous coral ...
Cody S Clements, Mark E Hay
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The 27–year decline of coral cover on the Great Barrier Reef and its causes [PDF]
, 2012 This study investigates the spatial and temporal dynamics of coral cover, identifies the main drivers of coral mortality, and quantifies the rates of potential recovery of the Great Barrier Reef.The world’s coral reefs are being degraded, and the need to
Glenn De' +3 more
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Diversity, 2017 Despite the presence of numerous sharp poisonous spines, adult crown-of-thorns starfish (CoTS) are vulnerable to predation, though the importance and rates of predation are generally unknown. This study explores variation in the incidence and severity of
Vanessa Messmer +2 more
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Filling the gaps: first record of the Crown-of-thorns Starfish, Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758) (Spinulosida: Acanthasteridae), at Gorgona Island, Colombia, Tropical Eastern Pacific [PDF]
Check List, 2017 We report the occurrence of a major corallivore, the Crown-of-thorns Starfish Acanthaster planci, on the coral reefs of Gorgona Island, Tropical Eastern Pacific.
Fernando Zapata +3 more
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