Devastation of a fringing coral reef by Acanthaster

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jun 1974 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Nature, volume 249, pages 589-590 (issn: 0028-0836, eissn: 1476-4687,

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Authors: N. V. C. POLUNIN;

doi: 10.1038/249589a0

Devastation of a fringing coral reef by Acanthaster

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A RECENT synopsis of reports on the status of populations of the Crown of Thorns Starfish, Acanthaster planci (L.), in the Indo-West Pacific1, indicates that no extensive destruction of living corals by this starfish has yet been recorded in the western Indian Ocean. Here I present a preliminary account of an aggregated starfish population and extensive mortality of hard corals, observed in May 1973 off the north coast of Grande Comore, Comoro Islands.

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