dissapearance of various coral reefs around the globe, including the Great Barrier Reef.

The destruction of the complex ecosystems known as coral reefs is linked to the

overpopulation of A. Planci, commonly known as crown of thorns starfish.

Once considered rare, A. Planci is overpopulating and consuming the worlds coral

reefs at an astounding rate. Scientists have many hypothesis as to why this once ‘rare’

starfish has appeared in massive numbers around our oceans most complex ecosystems.

Several questions are asked by many scientists about this dilemma. “Is this plague of

starfish really so bad-and so unprecedented-as it seems?” second, “Has the plague

somehow been caused by human actions?” and third “if the plague has n

Robert Endean began a worldwide study to determine why the starfish are

According to Robert Endean precisely those animals which fed on the juvenile

which was valued as a souvenir by tourists. Reef fish populations have been durastically

Dr. Endean has a theory that the critical stage at which A. Planci suffers

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