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lifeskim:mentions |
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pubmed:issue |
6
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pubmed:dateCreated |
2009-1-7
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pubmed:abstractText |
In the face of ever-increasing threats to coral reef ecosystems, it is essential to understand the impact of natural predators in order to devise appropriate management strategies. Destructive population explosions of the crown-of-thorns starfish Acanthaster planci have devastated coral reefs throughout the Indo-Pacific for decades. But despite extensive research, the causes of outbreaks are still unclear. An important consideration in this research is that A. planci has been regarded as a single taxonomic entity. Using molecular data from its entire distribution, we find that A. planci is in fact a species complex. This discovery has important consequences for future coral reef research, and might prove critical for successful reef conservation management.
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pubmed:commentsCorrections |
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/18832058-11050560,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/18832058-14530136,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/18832058-14734327,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/18832058-15186810,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/18832058-15215854,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/18832058-16967577,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/18832058-17129636,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/18832058-17360636,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/18832058-17488738,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/18832058-17650475,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/18832058-9918953
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal |
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pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:chemical |
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Dec
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pubmed:issn |
1744-9561
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pubmed:author |
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pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:day |
23
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pubmed:volume |
4
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
696-9
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2010-9-21
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pubmed:meshHeading |
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pubmed:year |
2008
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pubmed:articleTitle |
A threat to coral reefs multiplied? Four species of crown-of-thorns starfish.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Courant Research Center Geobiology, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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