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Crown-of-thorns starfish impede the recovery potential of coral reefs following bleaching

机译:荆棘冠海星阻碍了漂白后珊瑚礁的恢复潜力

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High densities of the corallivorous crown-of-thorns starfish (CoTS; Acanthaster sp.) have occurred throughout the Indo-Pacific often resulting in widespread coral loss. Whilst CoTS have previously been recorded at Barrow and the Montebello Islands, in the Pilbara offshore bioregion of northwestern Australia, their densities were relatively low. Outbreak densities of CoTS have been described as the level at which the rate of coral consumption by the starfish is equal to or greater than rate at which the coral grows. In 2014, we recorded densities as high as 320 +/- 58 CoTS ha(-1) in the region which is well above recognised outbreak densities. Whilst there is little terrestrial runoff and agriculture in the Pilbara region, both temperature and chlorophyll-alpha levels appear to be sufficient to allow a high degree of CoTS larval success in most years. The region was subjected to anomalously high water temperatures during the summers of 2010-2011 and particularly 2012-2013 which resulted in the mortality of almost 70% of live coral. We hypothesise that the high densities of CoTS observed are a result of CoTS responding to a reduced food supply and aggregating around the remaining live coral resulting in outbreak densities rather than a significant increase in the number of CoTS in the area. The small amount of remaining live coral is concentrated in a few areas and this, combined with high densities of CoTS in these areas, suggest that CoTS represent a significant threat to the recovery of the coral communities of the region.
机译:在整个印度洋-太平洋地区都出现了高密度的珊瑚状荆棘王冠海星(CoTS; Acanthaster sp。)。虽然以前在澳大利亚西北部的皮尔巴拉近海生物区的巴罗和蒙特贝洛群岛都记录了CoTS,但密度却相对较低。 CoTS的爆发密度已被描述为海星消耗珊瑚的速度等于或大于珊瑚生长的速度的水平。 2014年,我们在该地区记录的密度高达320 +/- 58 CoTS ha(-1),远高于公认的爆发密度。尽管皮尔巴拉地区几乎没有地面径流和农业,但温度和叶绿素-α的水平似乎足以使大多数年份的CoTS幼虫获得高度成功。在2010-2011年夏季,特别是2012-2013年夏季,该地区遭受异常高的水温,导致几乎70%的活珊瑚死亡。我们假设观察到的CoTS的高密度是CoTS对食物供应减少和剩余活珊瑚周围聚集导致暴发密度的反应,而不是该地区CoTS数量的显着增加。剩余的少量活珊瑚集中在一些地区,再加上这些地区的COTS密度高,表明CoTS对该地区珊瑚群落的恢复构成了重大威胁。

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    《Marine biology》 |2019年第7期|99.1-99.15|共15页
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    CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere, 306 Carmody Rd, St Lucia, Qld 4067, Australia;

    CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia;

    CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere, 306 Carmody Rd, St Lucia, Qld 4067, Australia;

    CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere, 306 Carmody Rd, St Lucia, Qld 4067, Australia;

    CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia;

    CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere, 306 Carmody Rd, St Lucia, Qld 4067, Australia;

    CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere, 306 Carmody Rd, St Lucia, Qld 4067, Australia;

    CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere, 306 Carmody Rd, St Lucia, Qld 4067, Australia;

    Dept Biodivers Conservat & Attract, Marine Sci Program, 17 Dick Perry Ave, Kensington, WA 6151, Australia|Univ Western Australia, Oceans Inst, Indian Ocean Marine Res Ctr, M097,35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia;

    Pacific Community Headquarters, South Pacific Commiss, F-98848 Noumea, New Caledonia, France;

    Univ Western Australia, Oceans Inst, Indian Ocean Marine Res Ctr, M097,35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia|Indian Ocean Marine Res Ctr, Western Australian Marine Sci Inst, M095,35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia;

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