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The Great Barrier Reef corals can be effectively protected by proactive, targeted, sustained management of the coral-eating Crown-of-Thorns starfish, per analysis, helping safeguard reefs as the climate changes

04.24.24 | PLOS

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Protecting Great Barrier Reef resilience through effective management of crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks
Crown-of-thorns starfish control program staff undertake reconnaissance surveys to identify locations of crown-of-thorns starfish and monitor reef health. Credit: ©Commonwealth of Australia (Reef Authority), CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

The Great Barrier Reef corals can be effectively protected by proactive, targeted, sustained management of the coral-eating Crown-of-Thorns starfish, per analysis, helping safeguard reefs as the climate changes

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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0298073

Article Title: Protecting Great Barrier Reef resilience through effective management of crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks

Author Countries: Australia, USA

Funding: The author(s) received no specific funding for this work.

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0298073

Protecting Great Barrier Reef resilience through effective management of crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks

24-Apr-2024

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Keywords

Climate Change Coral Reefs

Article Information

Journal
PLOS ONE
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0298073
Article Publication Date
2024-04-24
Article Title
Protecting Great Barrier Reef resilience through effective management of crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
onepress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2024, April 24). The Great Barrier Reef corals can be effectively protected by proactive, targeted, sustained management of the coral-eating Crown-of-Thorns starfish, per analysis, helping safeguard reefs as the climate changes. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LRD3M4O8/the-great-barrier-reef-corals-can-be-effectively-protected-by-proactive-targeted-sustained-management-of-the-coral-eating-crown-of-thorns-starfish-per-analysis-helping-safeguard-reefs-as-the-climate-c.html
MLA:
"The Great Barrier Reef corals can be effectively protected by proactive, targeted, sustained management of the coral-eating Crown-of-Thorns starfish, per analysis, helping safeguard reefs as the climate changes." Brightsurf News, Apr. 24 2024, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LRD3M4O8/the-great-barrier-reef-corals-can-be-effectively-protected-by-proactive-targeted-sustained-management-of-the-coral-eating-crown-of-thorns-starfish-per-analysis-helping-safeguard-reefs-as-the-climate-c.html.