Climate-driven disturbances such as marine heat waves are rapidly reducing coral cover and degrading reef ecosystems ...
Life cycle of coral with crown-of-thorns starfish. Beginning with healthy coral, heatwave events induce coral bleaching, causing coral death and algal colonisation. Corals then collapse and create ...
For this project, Matt Clements received funding for a PhD scholarship from the University of Sydney and partial support from the Ian Potter Foundation crown-of-thorns starfish grants through the ...
Scientists are one step closer to combating coral-destroying crown-of-thorns starfish, following a study into the pest's genetics. Scientists are one step closer to combating coral-destroying crown-of ...
The main findings from experiments with the synthetic peptide mixture (SPM). A) shows a toxicity assay in which brine shrimp (Artemia salinia) are subjected to various concentrations of the SPM, ...
The Reef Authority's Crown-of-thorns Starfish (COTS) Control Program will re-deploy resources to protect priority reefs in ...
Experience the only living coral reef in the continental U.S. at this historic state park.