A threat to coral reefs multiplied? Four species of crown-of-thorns starfish

Biology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 696-699

  Vogler, Catherine ^a,e   Benzie, John ^b   Lessios, Harilaos ^c   Barber, Paul ^d   Wörheide, Gert ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Moana Technologies   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acanthaster planci; Crown of thorns starfish; Sibling species; Species complex

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; DICOTYLEDON; ECHINODERM; FISH; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATOR; SIBLING; TAXONOMY;

ACANTHASTER PLANCI; ARTICLE; CORAL REEF; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDATOR; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARFISH; TAXONOMY; THREAT;

ACANTHASTER PLANCI; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 57349133070     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0454     Document Type: Article

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