Population outbreaks and large aggregations of Drupella on the Great Barrier Reef [PDF]
, 2009 Drupella spp. are marine snails that feed exclusively on reef-building corals in the Indo-Pacific region. Since the early 1980s, numerous reports of large aggregations and population outbreaks of Drupella killing corals and damaging coral reefs have ...
Comming, R.L.
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What are the important thresholds and relationships to inform the management of COTS? Draft report, 30 June 2014 [PDF]
, 2014 [Extract] The crown-of-thorns seastar (COTS), Acanthaster planci, is one of the main contributors to declines in coral cover on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), and remains one of the major acute disturbances on coral reefs throughout much of the Indo ...
Anthony, K. +6 more
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Temperature change and coral reefs [PDF]
, 2012 Koraljni grebeni jedni su od biološki najraznolikijih ekosustava na planeti Zemlji. Osim njihove velike ekološke važnosti, oni su i od znatnog ekonomskog značenja za ljudsko društvo.
Babić, Dino
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The Acanthaster phenomenon [PDF]
, 1988 Australian Institute of Marine Science +2 more
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A visual survey of demersal biota in the Cairns section of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park [PDF]
, 1999 We surveyed 50 reefs over the entire Cairns Section. including reefs with a history of closure to extractive uses such as fishing, reefs that had always been open to most uses, and reefs that were to have their zoning status changed under the as ...
Ayling, A.M. +2 more
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Chemical ecology of echinoderms: Impact of environment and diet in metabolomic profile [PDF]
, 2014 The phylum Echinodermata constitutes a successful and widespread group comprising Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea, Echinoidea, Holothuroidea and Crinodeia. Nowadays, marine organisms are being given a lot of attention in drug discovery pipelines.
Andrade, Paula B. +3 more
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The occurrence of live bait fish in south Andaman waters and its significance [PDF]
, 1990 It is well known that the key factor required for the initiation of a pole and line tuna fishery is the availability and abundance of suitable live bait fishes.
Gopakumar, G, James, D B, Pillai, C S G
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Abnormal asteroids from the seas around India [PDF]
, 1999 Echinoderms as a rule are pentamerous and therefore most of the asteroids have only five arms. However, some of the asteroids like Luidia maculata, Acanthaster planci and others always have more than five arms.
James, D B
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Crown-of-thorns and coral trout density on three central section reefs : 1983-1989 [PDF]
, 1992 Sea Research have carried out density surveys of crown of thorns stars, coral trout and chaetodontids on three reefs off Townsville: John Brewer, Lodestone and Davies, on a number of occasions since 1983.
Ayling, A.L., Ayling, A.M.
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Chapter 11: Vulnerability of benthic invertebrates of the Great Barrier Reef to climate change [PDF]
, 2007 This chapter deals with benthic invertebrates inhabiting the extensive inter-reef soft bottom habitats and those occurring on the reef, excluding corals.
Ahyong, S. +4 more
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