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Contrasting size and fate of juvenile crown-of-thorns starfish linked to ontogenetic diet shifts

Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 2020
Population dynamics of organisms are shaped by the variation in phenotypic traits, often expressed even among individuals from the same cohort. For example, individual variation in the timing of ontogenetic shifts in diet and/or habitat greatly ...
J. Wilmes, A. Hoey, M. Pratchett
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Techno-chemical description of starfish as an object of industrial processing

Известия ТИНРО, 2015
Size-weight parameters and chemical composition of starfish from the Severnaya Bay (Peter the Great Bay, Japan Sea) are investigated. Two starfish species: Evasterias echinosoma and Patiria pectinifera form dense aggregations in the bay at aquaculture ...
Valery D. Bogdanov, Svetlana N. Maximova, Nickolay G. Tungusov, Ekaterina V. Shadrina   +3 more
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Preliminary Assessment of Sea Star (Echinodermata, Asteroidea) Diversity in the Coastal Magellanic Region (South Chile) and Their Geographical Distribution

Diversity, 2023
Sea stars are a diverse and important component of the Southern Ocean benthos. However, scarce information is available regarding their diversity, distribution, evolution, and taxonomic uncertainties persist for multiple taxa.
Luka Vantomme, Quentin Jossart, Karin Gérard, Bruno Danis, Camille Moreau   +4 more
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Homing behaviour by destructive crown-of-thorns starfish is triggered by local availability of coral prey

Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 2020
Corallivorous crown-of-thorns starfishes (Acanthaster spp.) can decimate coral assemblages on Indo-Pacific coral reefs during population outbreaks. While initial drivers of population irruptions leading to outbreaks remain largely unknown, subsequent ...
S. Ling, Zara-Louise Cowan, J. Boada, E. Flukes, M. Pratchett   +4 more
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The role of retinoic acid signaling in starfish metamorphosis

EvoDevo, 2018
Background Although retinoic acid (RA) signaling plays a crucial role in the body patterning of chordates, its function in non-chordate invertebrates, other than its mediation of environmental cues triggering metamorphosis in cnidarians, is largely ...
Shumpei Yamakawa, Yoshiaki Morino, Masanao Honda, Hiroshi Wada   +3 more
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Glycosaminoglycans from the Starfish Lethasterias fusca: Structures and Influence on Hematopoiesis

Marine Drugs, 2023
Crude anionic polysaccharides extracted from the Pacific starfish Lethasterias fusca were purified by anion-exchange chromatography. The main fraction LF, having MW 14.5 kDa and dispersity 1.28 (data of gel-permeation chromatography), was solvolytically ...
Maria I. Bilan, Natalia Yu. Anisimova, Alexandra I. Tokatly, Sofya P. Nikogosova, Dmitriy Z. Vinnitskiy, Nadezhda E. Ustyuzhanina, Andrey S. Dmitrenok, Evgenia A. Tsvetkova, Mikhail V. Kiselevskiy, Nikolay E. Nifantiev, Anatolii I. Usov   +10 more
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Citizen Science, a promising tool for detecting and monitoring outbreaks of the crown-of-thorns starfish Acanthaster spp.

Scientific Reports, 2020
Monitoring potentially devastating coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) populations at scales relevant to management is a challenging task.
P. Dumas, S. Fiat, Amaury Durbano, C. Peignon, G. Mou-Tham, J. Ham, S. Gereva, R. Kaku, O. Chateau, L. Wantiez, Antoine De Ramon N’Yeurt, M. Adjeroud   +11 more
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Benthic Predators Influence Microhabitat Preferences and Settlement Success of Crown-of-Thorns Starfish (Acanthaster cf. solaris)

Diversity, 2016
Like most coral reef organisms, crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster spp.) are expected to be highly vulnerable to predation as they transition from a planktonic larval phase to settling among reef habitats.
Zara-Louise Cowan, Symon A. Dworjanyn, Ciemon F. Caballes, Morgan Pratchett   +3 more
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Adsorption of Heavy Metals in an Aqueous Solution Using Starfish (Asterina Pectinifera) Biochar

대한환경공학회지, 2020
Objectives Heavy metals caused by industrialization have affected human society for several decades. Because of their toxicity for humans, lots of heavy metal treatments have been developed. However, many of those treatments have economic considerations
Han Gyeol Jeon, Kyung Hoon Cheong, Jae-Wook Lee, Jung-Soo Lee, Deok Hyun Moon   +4 more
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DNA-based identification of predators of the corallivorous Crown-of-Thorns Starfish (Acanthaster cf. solaris) from fish faeces and gut contents

Scientific Reports, 2020
The corallivorous Crown-of-Thorns Starfish (CoTS, Acanthaster spp.) has been linked with the widespread loss of scleractinian coral cover on Indo-Pacific reefs during periodic population outbreaks.
F. Kroon, Carine Lefevre, J. Doyle, F. Patel, Grant Milton, Andrea Severati, M. Kenway, C. Johansson, Simon Schnebert, P. Thomas-Hall, M. Bonin, D. Cameron, D. Westcott   +12 more
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