Biology, Ecology and Management of Crown-of-Thorns Starfish

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Acanthaster; COTS; coral reefs; coral mucus; food limitation; isotope analysis; Japan; Acanthaster planci; coral; conservation; statistical model; movement; migration; outbreak; Acanthaster cf. solaris; water current; orientation; navigation; rheotaxis; crown-of-thorns seastar; behaviour; coral reefs; predation; resilience; COTS; outbreak; control methods; pest control; coral reefs; injections; juvenile crown-of-thorns starfish; growth rates; growth curve analysis; Acanthaster; coral reefs; food limitation; larval competency; planktonic larval duration (PLD); Acanthaster (Acanthasteridae); fisheries closures; marine parks; predation; predator removal hypothesis; chemical defences; saponins; population regulation; top-down control; trophic cascades; electivity; feeding behaviour; filtration rate; Great Barrier Reef; phytoplankton; cleavage; gastrulation; sperm activity; temperature; salinity; pH; Acanthaster outbreaks; predator removal hypothesis; sub-lethal predation; arm damage; body size; fertilization; embryonic development; salinity; pH; hatching; crown-of-thorns seastar; Acanthaster; Acanthaster outbreak; maternal provisioning; larval nutrition; larval development; phenotypic plasticity; coral reefs; Great Barrier Reef Marine Park; population genetics; approximate Bayesian computation; crown of thorns starfish; Great Barrier Reef; nutrient enrichment; larval survivorship; age estimation; Bayesian modeling; Great Barrier Reef; COTS; taxonomy; Linnean names; DNA-barcodes; Barcode Index Numbers; biogeography; Acanthaster; coral reefs; disturbance; management; population outbreaks; research priorities