clipped by: JohnWaterman Clip Source: scienceblogs.com A complete ban on fishing can save coral reef communities in more ways than one coral trout have protected the corals from a predatory starfish The crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) is a voracious hunter of corals and a massive problem for reef conservationists Clip Source: en.wikipedia.org Clip Source: en.wikipedia.org Clip Source: scienceblogs.com it digests the underlying coral by extruding its stomach out through its underside From time to time, their numbers swell into plagues of thousands that leave behind the dead, white skeletons of corals in their wake found that these outbreaks are much less frequent in the "no-take marine reserves", where fishing is absolutely forbidden but the coral trout, whose populations have boomed in the no-take reserves, specialise in hunting fish not starfish big fish like coral trout controls the numbers of smaller fish like wrasse. That puts less pressure on the populations of small invertebrates that in turn, feed on baby starfish sounds convoluted, but other studies in recent years have provided examples of similar domino effects ...
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clipped by: JohnWaterman Clip Source: scienceblogs.com A complete ban on fishing can save coral reef communities in more ways than one coral trout have protected the corals from a predatory starfish The crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) is a voracious hunter of corals and a massive problem for reef conservationists Clip Source: en.wikipedia.org Clip Source: en.wikipedia.org Clip Source: scienceblogs.com it digests the underlying coral by extruding its stomach out through its underside From time to time, their numbers swell into plagues of thousands that leave behind the dead, white skeletons of corals in their wake found that these outbreaks are much less frequent in the "no-take marine reserves", where fishing is absolutely forbidden but the coral trout, whose populations have boomed in the no-take reserves, specialise in hunting fish not starfish big fish like coral trout controls the numbers of smaller fish like wrasse. That puts less pressure on the populations of small invertebrates that in turn, feed on baby starfish sounds convoluted, but other studies in recent years have provided examples of similar domino effects ...