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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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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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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JOURNAL

PLoS ONE

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0298073 

ARTICLE TITLE

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

ARTICLE PUBLICATION DATE

24-Apr-2024

COI STATEMENT

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.