Crown of Thorn Links
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1. AIMS Crown-of-Thorns Starfish - Feeding
11 ) and certain types of branching colonies which contain small
crabs and shrimps (termed commensals) that defend the coral from
predators.
Like all corals (which are related to jellyfish) massive corals have
stinging
cells (containing nematocysts) which prevent them from being preyed
upon
or overgrown and which are used to immobilise small animals when
feeding.
http://www.aims.gov.au/pages/reflib/cot-starfish/pages/cot-q21.html
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2. AIMS Crown-of-Thorns Starfish - Outbreaks
These stages represent the main changes in abundance of the
crown-of-thorns
starfish and its coral prey: Stage 1. Before the outbreak (high live
coral
cover and very few crown-of thorns starfish) (see Fig. It may take
several
months for reefs to go from stage 1 (before the outbreak) to stage 2
(start
of the outbreak) and it usually takes a further 6-/2 months before the
crown-of-thorns.
http://www.aims.gov.au/pages/reflib/cot-starfish/pages/cot-q14.html
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3. AIMS Crown-of-Thorns Starfish - A Problem
At the beginning of 1985 the Crown of Thorns Starfish Advisory
Committee
(COTSAC), which comprised an expert group of scientists and managers,
stated
that the crown-of-thorns starfish posed a major management problem to
areas
within the Great Barrier Reef. This lack of information must be
overcome
if scientists and managers are to make rational and informed decisions
with respect to the.
http://www.aims.gov.au/pages/reflib/cot-starfish/pages/cot-q40.html
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4. AIMS Crown-of-Thorns Starfish - Predators
The predators most commonly observed to feed on crown-of-thorns
starfish are: the giant triton shell (Charonia tritonis) Whilst
predation
has been observed mostly on adults it is likely that it is also
responsible
for high mortality amongst the early life history stages when the
starfish
is most vulnerable.
http://www.aims.gov.au/pages/reflib/cot-starfish/pages/cot-q18.html
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5. Earthbeat: Crown of Thorns Star Fish Outbreak
Scientists researching the Great Barrier Reef say another outbreak
of the Crown of Thorns Starfish has begun. Lindy Woodward took a boat
trip
out to Arlington Reef off Cairns with the scientists. It seems that
unlike
in previous outbreaks they ar
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/earth/stories/s1430.htm
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6. AIMS Crown-of-Thorns Starfish - Feeding
Several different types of food are consumed throughout the various
stages of the life cycle of the crown-of-thorns starfish . These
alternative
foods include; soft corals, algae, clams, encrusting organisms,
gastropods,
gorgonians, hydrozoans and sea anemones.
http://www.aims.gov.au/pages/reflib/cot-starfish/pages/cot-q22.html
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7. Red Sea - Glossary of Terms - Crown of Thorns Starfish
Crown of Thorns Starfish The Crown of Thorns Starfish has a very
powerful venom in their tips and tend to break off a small piece of the
thorn that usually becomes infected. Return to Egypt Home Page |
Virtual
Dive Center Design, Layout and Graphic.
http://interoz.com/egypt/vdc/CrownofThorns.htm
8. Crown of Thorns Starfish
Crown-of-thorns starfish facts
Previous crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks
Current distribution
Theories on causes of crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks
Recovery of reefs from crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks
Management of crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks
Development of cost effective control strategies for crown-of-thorns
starfish
Controlling crown-of-thorns starfish populations
CRC Reef research projects on crown-of-thorns starfish
http://www.reef.crc.org.au/aboutreef/coral/cots.html
9. The Crown of Thorns
... Coral reefs get cancers, too, and one of the most interesting
of coral
reef cancer stories is that of the crown of thorns starfish. ...
Good photos!
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