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Pantai Putri Menjangan, has good condition of coral reef, is located at Gerokgak District, Buleleng, Bali. Natural threat came from other inventebrate such as the coral eater, Acanthaster planci, that prey on coral tissue. A.
Oktiyas Muzaky Luthfi, Rizki Iliani
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The neuropeptidome of the Crown-of-Thorns Starfish, Acanthaster planci [PDF]
Outbreaks of Crown-of-Thorns Starfish (COTS; Acanthaster planci) are a major cause of destruction of coral communities on the Australian Great Barrier Reef. While factors relating to population explosions and the social interactions of COTS have been well studied, little is known about the neural mechanisms underlying COTS physiology and behaviour. One
Meaghan K. Smith +9 more
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The role of top-predator in the preservation of coral reefs ecosystem
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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Phylogeography of the crown-of-thorns starfish in the Indian Ocean. [PDF]
Understanding the limits and population dynamics of closely related sibling species in the marine realm is particularly relevant in organisms that require management. The crown-of-thorns starfish Acanthaster planci, recently shown to be a species complex
Catherine Vogler +8 more
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Outbreaks of the crown-of-thorns sea star (Acanthaster planci) are likely to be strongly associated with drastic changes in larval survival influenced by food availability. However, no quantitative or qualitative data are available on the distribution of
Go Suzuki +13 more
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There's no place like home: crown-of-thorns outbreaks in the central pacific are regionally derived and independent events. [PDF]
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.
Molly A Timmers +4 more
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Prevalence and abundance of coral disease in Aceh Besar regency Aceh, Indonesia
The aims of this research was to knew the prevalence, abundance and types of coral diseases detected in Peukan Bada Aceh Besar Regency. Method used in this research was a 20x2m belt transect with 3 replicates.
Maria Ulfah +4 more
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(1) Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758) Original combination. Asterias planci Original source. Linnaeus (1758): p. 823, with references to “(p. 662. n. 8–9)” and “Column. phytob. app. t. 38. f. A.” https://archive.org/stream/carolilinnisys00linn#page/823/mode/1up Nomenclatural status. Available name. Type material.
Haszprunar, Gerhard, Spies, Martin
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The aims of this study were to investigate lymphocyte proliferation activity and to identify chemical constituents of active fractions of star fish Acanthaster planci. A.
M. Janib Achmad +4 more
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The crown-of-thorns starfish, Acanthaster planci, is a major coral predator widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific region, where population outbreaks have caused dramatic impacts on coral reefs. In the Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) A.
Krupskaya Narváez, Fernando A Zapata
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