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There's no place like home: crown-of-thorns outbreaks in the central pacific are regionally derived and independent events.

PloS one - 1 Jan 2012

Timmers Molly A, Bird Christopher E, Skillings Derek J, Smouse Peter E, Toonen Robert J

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One of the most significant biological disturbances on a tropical coral reef is a population outbreak of the fecund, corallivorous crown-of-thorns sea star, Acanthaster planci. Although the factors that trigger an initial outbreak may vary, successive outbreaks within and across regions are assumed to spread via the planktonic larvae released from a primary outbreak. This secondary outbreak hypothesis is...

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PMID: 22363570
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031159
PMCID: PMC3281911

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