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The neuropeptidome of the Crown-of-Thorns Starfish, Acanthaster planci [PDF]
Journal of Proteomics, 2017 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
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Wax digestion in a crown-of-thorns starfish
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Comparative Biochemistry, 1975Abstract Digestive enzymes of Acanthaster ellisii are exceptionally effective in hydrolyzing a wax ester, cetyl palmitate, the major energy reserve of reef corals.
John S Patton, A A Benson, A A Benson
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Spawning pheromone in crown-of-thorns starfish
Nature, 1975LARGE aggregations of the crown-of-thorns starfish Acanthaster planci L have destroyed a high proportion of the coral on certain Indo-Pacific reefs. We report that gamete release by one A. planci induces other ripe starfish to spawn; similar behaviour has been observed in certain other echinoderms1,2.
D H, Beach, N J, Hanscomb, R F, Ormond
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Management of crown-of-thorns starfish injury
Foot and Ankle Surgery, 2004A 30-year-old man stepped on a crown-of-thorns starfish and sustained penetrating injuries to his foot by the spines of the starfish. Radiographs confirmed the presence of radioopaque foreign body spines in his foot. The significance of performing early surgical excision of the spines in the theatre under anaesthesia using radiographic control is ...
P. Lakshmanan, S. Roy, J.A. Fairclough
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Crown-of-thorns starfish management conundrums
Coral Reefs, 1992Since the early 1960s, debate over managements of the phenomenom of large populations of the coral eating crown-of-throns starfish has presented a major ecological conundrum: Is it normal, human-induced or human-increased? Whilst that is unresolved there is a second conundrum for the reef manager: Should there be systematic controls?
Richard Kenchington, Graeme Kelleher
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Simulation of coral reefs and crown‐of‐thorns starfish
Environmetrics, 1993AbstractCoral reefs are subject to attack and predation by the starfish Acanthaster planci or crown‐of‐thorns. This paper describes a simulation model of the natural processes of a coral reef and its reaction to, and recovery from starfish attacks. The modelling of a reef section is based on a pixel representation of the area.
O. N. Crimp, R. D. Braddock
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Predation on crown-of-thorns starfish larvae by damselfishes
Coral Reefs, 2016Examining the functional response of predators can provide insight into the role of predation in structuring prey populations and ecological communities. This study explored feeding behaviour and functional responses of planktivorous damselfishes when offered captive reared larvae of crown-of-thorns starfish, Acanthaster sp., with the aim of ...
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Anaphylactic shock caused by sting of crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci)
Forensic Science International, 2014A 40s-year-old woman with previous history of injury due to contact with crown-of-thorns starfish, Acanthaster planci, was stung on the right middle finger. After immediately losing consciousness, she died 13 h after injury despite intensive medical treatment.
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Is the crown-of-thorns starfish degrading the great barrier reef?
Journal of Theoretical Biology, 1992The phenomenon of crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is treated on a large scale as analogous to a disease (starfish outbreaks) spreading through a community of susceptibles (individual reefs). A simple (epidemiological) model is found which well represents the extant data on starfish abundance for the central sector of ...
R.M. Seymour, R.H. Bradbury
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Crown-of-thorns starfish on the great barrier reef
Endeavour, 1982Abstract During the 1960s and 1970s the bulk of the hard coral cover of reefs in the central region of Australia's Great Barrier Reef was killed as a result of population outbreaks of the coral-eating starfish, Acanthaster planci . Millions of starfish were involved.
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