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Crown-of-thorns starfish management conundrums

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Since the early 1960s, debate over managements of the phenomenom of large populations of the coral eating crown-of-throns starfish has presented a major ecological conundrum: Is it normal, human-induced or human-increased? Whilst that is unresolved there is a second conundrum for the reef manager: Should there be systematic controls? This essay discusses progress in resolution of the conundrums after more than 25 years experience of research and management.

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  1. Coastal Zone Inquiry, Resource Assessment Commission, Queen Victoria Terrace, Locked Bag 1, 2600, Canberra, ACT, Australia

    Richard Kenchington

  2. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, P.O. Box 791, 2601, Canberra, ACT, Australia

    Graeme Kelleher

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Kenchington, R., Kelleher, G. Crown-of-thorns starfish management conundrums. Coral Reefs 11, 53–56 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00357422

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