[HTML][HTML] The crown-of-thorns seastar species complex: knowledge on the biology and ecology of five corallivorous Acanthaster species

S Uthicke, MS Pratchett, O Bronstein, JJ Alvarado… - Marine Biology, 2024 - Springer
Coral-eating crown-of-thorns seastars (CoTS, Acanthaster spp.) are major contributors to the
coral reef crises across the Indo-Pacific region. Until recently, CoTS throughout the Indo …

Crown-of-thorns seastar (Acanthaster spp.) feeding ecology across species and regions

SA Foo, HR Millican, M Byrne - Science of the Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
The coral predators, crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS, Acanthaster spp.) remain a major
cause of extensive and widespread coral loss in Indo-Pacific coral reefs. With increased …

[HTML][HTML] Increasing densities of Pacific crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster cf. solaris) at Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef, resolved using a novel survey …

JF Chandler, D Burn, CF Caballes, PC Doll… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Recurrent population irruptions of Pacific crown-of-thorns starfish (CoTS, Acanthaster cf.
solaris) are among the foremost causes of coral mortality on Australia's Great Barrier Reef …

Quantifying shedding and degradation rates of environmental DNA (eDNA) from Pacific crown-of-thorns seastar (Acanthaster cf. solaris)

SLT Kwong, C Villacorta-Rath, J Doyle, S Uthicke - Marine Biology, 2021 - Springer
Population outbreaks of the corallivorous crown-of-thorns seastar (CoTS; Acanthaster spp.)
are significant threats to the Indo-Pacific reefs. Although recent research demonstrated that …

[PDF][PDF] Population dynamics of corallivores (Drupella and Acanthaster) on coral reefs of Koh Tao, a diving destination in the Gulf of Thailand.

CM Scott, R Mehrotra, MY Hein… - Raffles Bulletin of …, 2017 - lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg
Diving-related tourism is known to contribute both directly and indirectly to reef degradation
around the globe, including Koh Tao, a popular diving destination in the Gulf of Thailand. Of …

Concurrent effect of crown‐of‐thorns starfish outbreak and thermal anomaly of 2020 on coral reef communities of the Spratly Islands (South China Sea)

KS Tkachenko, DT Hoang - Marine Ecology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Spratly Islands are a remote group of more than 150 coral reefs and islands
scattered in the south‐central South China Sea and representing a biodiversity hotspot in …

Monitoring and assessing a 2-year outbreak of the corallivorous seastar Acanthaster planci in Ari Atoll, Republic of Maldives

L Saponari, E Montalbetti, P Galli, G Strona… - Environmental …, 2018 - Springer
Outbreaks of the corallivorous crown-of-thorns seastars have received increasing attention
due to their negative impacts on coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific Ocean. However, outbreaks in …

Coral reef collapse in South-Central Vietnam: a consequence of multiple negative effects

KS Tkachenko, VV Dung, VT Ha, NH Huan - Aquatic Ecology, 2023 - Springer
Repeated coral reef surveys conducted in 2016–2021 in the coastal area of Nui Chua
National Park in Ninh Thuan Province (South-Central Vietnam), formerly one of the richest …

[HTML][HTML] Spawning time of Acanthaster cf. solaris on the Great Barrier Reef inferred using qPCR quantification of embryos and larvae: do they know it's Christmas?

S Uthicke, EE Fisher, F Patel, B Diaz-Guijarro… - Marine Biology, 2019 - Springer
Outbreaks of crown-of-thorns seastars (CoTS; Acanthaster spp.) are a major contributor to
degradation of Indo-Pacific coral reefs. Understanding the dispersal and fate of planktonic …

Predation by feeding aggregations of Drupella spp. inhibits the recovery of reefs damaged by a mass bleaching event

AW Bruckner, G Coward, K Bimson… - Coral Reefs, 2017 - Springer
High densities of two corallivorous gastropods, Drupella cornu s and D. rugosa, may delay
the recovery of coral reefs impacted by mass bleaching events by aggregating on the …