2024
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0298073
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Protecting Great Barrier Reef resilience through effective management of crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks

Samuel A. Matthews,
David H. Williamson,
Roger Beeden
et al.

Abstract: Resilience-based management is essential to protect ecosystems in the Anthropocene. Unlike large-scale climate threats to Great Barrier Reef (GBR) corals, outbreaks of coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS; Acanthaster cf. solaris) can be directly managed through targeted culling. Here, we evaluate the outcomes of a decade of strategic COTS management in suppressing outbreaks and protecting corals during the 4th COTS outbreak wave at reef and regional scales (sectors). We compare COTS density and coral c… Show more

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