Sven Uthicke

Does light and short-term high food availability enhance larval success in the coral eating crown-of-thorns seastar (Acanthaster cf. solaris)?

Abstract Understanding the environmental drivers of Crown-of-thorns seastar outbreaks is important for predicting and managing coral reef decline. Larval survival and development are strongly influenced by phytoplankton food availability, which is highly variable in space and tim...