Selective coral mortality associated with outbreaks of Acanthaster planci L. in Bootless Bay, Papua New Guinea

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 67, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 230-236

  Pratchett, M S ^a   Schenk, T J ^a,b   Baine, M ^c   Syms, C ^a   Baird, A H ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WA Marine Research Laboratories   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; Crown of thorns; Disturbance; Effects population; Predation; Scleractinian corals

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEFS; CROWN-OF-THORNS; DISTURBANCE; EFFECTS-POPULATION; PREDATION; SCLERACTINIAN CORALS;

SEAWATER;

REEFS;

ABUNDANCE; CORAL REEF; DISTURBANCE; ECHINODERM; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION OUTBREAK; PREDATION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SPECIES HABITAT; STARFISH;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; OCEANS AND SEAS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POPULATION DENSITY; STARFISH; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

BOOTLESS BAY; CENTRAL PROVINCE [PAPUA NEW GUINEA]; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

ACANTHASTER PLANCI; ACROPORA; ANTHOZOA; ASTEROIDEA; EUPHORBIA MILII VAR. SPLENDENS; KOEBERLINIA SPINOSA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 67349109941     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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