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Diel activity patterns in crown-of-thorns starfish behavioral blind spots in coral reef management
Discover EnvironmentThis scientific comment draws attention to overlooked diel activity patterns in crown-of-thorns starfish Acanthaster sp., based on recent field observations from the Red Sea.
Abdulmajid A. Almasabi
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Portfolio Effects and Synchrony in Coral Communities
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 5, May 2026.Reef‐building corals are well‐known for their taxonomic diversity and capacity for population variability. In investigating patterns of variability across coral taxa through a 9‐year annual time‐series, we found that a period of relative stability across the community was maintained through asynchronous fluctuations among constituent populations ...
Clinton B. Edwards +3 more
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Impacts of ocean warming on the Pacific crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster cf.solaris) [PDF]
, 2023 Beth Lang investigated the impacts of temperature on the coral-feeding crown-of-thorns starfish. She found that the early life stages and adults are negatively impacted by magnitudes of warming expected to occur in the near future.
Lang, Bethan Jade
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Sex-specific expression of pheromones and other signals in gravid starfish
BMC Biology, 2022 Background Many echinoderms form seasonal aggregations prior to spawning. In some fecund species, a spawning event can lead to population outbreaks with detrimental ecosystem impacts.
Mathias Jönsson +5 more
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Floodplain reforestation reduces nitrate loss through soil microbial pathways
Ecological Solutions and Evidence, Volume 7, Issue 2, April–June 2026.Reforesting floodplains with native Melaleuca substantially reduced nitrate leaching relative to sugarcane, driven by higher soil organic carbon supporting decomposer‐dominated microbial communities that immobilise nitrogen rather than converting it to leachable nitrate.
Adam Canning, Michelle Tink
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Journal of Innovation and Applied Technology, 2020 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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Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 63, Issue 4, April 2026.Our results demonstrate the importance of integrating connectivity into conservation planning by highlighting that the current marine protected area networks across the southwestern Pacific should be managed as an interconnected network rather than as isolated reserves.
Elise Dehont +3 more
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Crown-of-Thorns Starfish Larvae Can Feed on Organic Matter Released from Corals
Diversity, 2016 Previous studies have suggested that Crown-of-Thorns starfish (COTS) larvae may be able to survive in the absence of abundant phytoplankton resources suggesting that they may be able to utilize alternative food sources.
Ryota Nakajima +5 more
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Data‐driven discovery of mechanistic ecosystem models with LLMs
Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Volume 17, Issue 4, Page 1303-1321, April 2026.Abstract Ecosystem models are essential for ecosystem management, but their development traditionally requires significant time and expertise, creating bottlenecks in addressing urgent environmental challenges. We present LEMMA (LLM Enabled Mechanistic Modelling for ecosystem Assessment), a framework that programmatically generates and iteratively ...
Scott Spillias +6 more
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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
Hugh Sweatmana +3 more
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