Effective sampling of Acanthaster cf. solaris to provide early-warning of new and renewed outbreaks (Old ID 26779)
Role
Collaborator
Description
This project aims to develop a holistic monitoring program that will not only help to deliver an early-warning syste, but will increase the viability of culling CoTS populations even during non-outbreak periods with the ultimate goal of reducing the frequency and severity of future outbreaks. Perhaps even more importantly, this project will deliver (for the first time) spatially and temporally explicit information about the structure and dynamics of crown-of-thorns starfish within the “initiation zone” and in the lead-up to a new population irruption, which is a critical knowledge gap that limits understanding of the initiation and causes of population outbreaks.
Date
01 Jun 2020 - 31 May 2022
Project Type
GRANT
Keywords
Coral Reefs;Disturbance;Management;Monitoring
Funding Body
Lizard Island Reef Research Foundation
Amount
62727
Project Team
Morgan Pratchett;Sven Uthicke;Peter Doll;Jason Doyle;Andrew Hoey;Ciemon Caballes;Jennifer WIlmes;Josie Chandler;Deborah Burn