image: Crown-of-thorns starfish control program staff undertake reconnaissance surveys to identify locations of crown-of-thorns starfish and monitor reef health.
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.
Journal
PLoS ONE
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.