ArticleBiology letters2023
Settlement cue selectivity by larvae of the destructive crown-of-thorns starfish.
Article in Biology letters, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Bacterial Communities Associated With Crustose Coralline Algae Are Host-Specific.MicrobiologyOpen · 2026Article
- Species-specific metabolomic profiles of coral reef coralline algae and their influence on the larval settlement of corals and crown-of-thorns starfish.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Chemosensory behaviour of juvenile crown-of-thorns sea star (Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2024Article
- Increasing densities of Pacific crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster cf. solaris) at Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef, resolved using a novel survey method.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Induction of larval settlement in crown-of-thorns starfish is not mediated by conspecific cues.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Induction of larval settlement in crown-of-thorns starfish is not mediated by conspecific cues.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Species-specific metabolites mediate host selection and larval recruitment of the symbiotic seastar shrimp.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Hierarchical settlement behaviours of coral larvae to common coralline algae.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Settlement cue selectivity by larvae of the destructive crown-of-thorns starfish.Biology letters · 2023Article
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Abstract
Population irruptions of crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) cause extensive degradation of coral reefs, threatening the structure and function of these important ecosystems. For population irruptions to initiate and spread, large numbers of planktonic larvae have to successfully transition into their benthic life-history stage (i.e. settlement), whereby larval behaviour and the presence of settlement cues may shape spatial patterns of recruitment and adult densities. Our results demonstrate that a wide range of coralline algae species induce COTS larvae to settle; however, the capacity to promote settlement success varied manyfold among algal species, ranging from greater than 90% in
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