15 Jan 2008

Starfish outbreak threatens corals

Outbreaks of the notorious rule of thorns starfish at once threaten the coral triangle, the richest center of coral reef biodiversity on Earth, as per fresh surveys by the Bronx safari park-based Wildlife Conservation Society and ARC Centre of high quality for Coral Reef Studies. The starfish a predator that feeds on corals by spreading its yearning over them and using digestive enzymes to liquefy tissue were discovered in large numbers by the scientists in reefs in Halmahera, Indonesia, at the basics of the Coral Triangle, which lies between Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Papua fresh Guinea and the Solomon Islands. It is considered the genetic fountainhead for coral diversity bring about on Australias Great boundary Reef, Ningaloo and other reefs in the quarter........

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