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The Great Barrier Reef corals can be effectively protected by proactive, targeted, sustained management of the coral-eating Crown-of-Thorns starfish, per analysis, helping safeguard reefs as the climate changes




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Protecting Great Barrier Reef resilience through effective management of crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks 

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CROWN-OF-THORNS STARFISH CONTROL PROGRAM STAFF UNDERTAKE RECONNAISSANCE SURVEYS TO IDENTIFY LOCATIONS OF CROWN-OF-THORNS STARFISH AND MONITOR REEF HEALTH.

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CREDIT: ©COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (REEF AUTHORITY), CC-BY 4.0 (HTTPS://CREATIVECOMMONS.ORG/LICENSES/BY/4.0/)




The Great Barrier Reef corals can be effectively protected by proactive, targeted, sustained management of the coral-eating Crown-of-Thorns starfish, per analysis, helping safeguard reefs as the climate changes

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Article URL:  https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0298073

Article Title: Protecting Great Barrier Reef resilience through effective management of crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks

Author Countries: Australia, USA

Funding: The author(s) received no specific funding for this work.

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