The possible causes and consequences of outbreaks of the Crown-of-Thorns starfish, 1993

Proceedings of a workshop held in Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 10 June 1992 at the Sheraton Breakwater Casino Hotel.
Edited by Udo Engelhardt and Brian Lassig

COVER PAGE [Adobe Acrobat Format 88.25KB]

CONTENTS [Adobe Acrobat Format 103.47KB]

PREFACE [Adobe Acrobat Format 74.43KB]

WORKSHOP PROGRAM & LIST OF PARTICIPANTS [Adobe Acrobat Format 252.32KB]

FORUM PAPERS

1. Weather, climate and starfish populations John M Swan Chairman, COTSREC [Adobe Acrobat Format 312.18KB]
2.  Seasonal changes in fertility and fecundity in Acanthaster planci. RC Babcock and CN Mundy Australian Institute of Marine Science [Adobe Acrobat Format 657.11KB]
3. Resource availability to the larvae of the crown-of- thorns starfish in Great Barrier Reef waters: an overview. Tenshi Ayukai Australian Institute of Marine Science[Adobe Acrobat Format 1145.26KB]
4. Is Acanthaster planci able to utilize dissolved organic matter (DOM) to satisfy the energetic requirements of larval development? Ove Hoegh-Guldberg School of Biological Sciences / Zoology, A08 The University of Sydney [Adobe Acrobat Format 1372.30KB]
5. In situ rearing of COTS larvae. Ken Okaji Department of Zoology, James Cook University [Adobe Acrobat Format 60.63KB]
6. Field measurement of survival rates of juvenile Acanthaster planci (L.): techniques and preliminary results John K Keesing and Andrew R Halford Australian Institute of Marine Science [Adobe Acrobat Format 1266.70KB]
7. An experimental investigation of the ability of adult crown-of-thorns starfish to survive physical damage. Hugh Sweatman and Ian R. Butler Department of Marine Biology James Cook University [Adobe Acrobat Format 884.76KB]
8. Are crown-of-thorns starfish populations chaotic? Hamish McCallum Department of Zoology, University of Queensland [Adobe Acrobat Format 817.35KB]
9. Are the hydrodynamics guilty of causing or stimulating outbreaks of crown-of-thorns starfish on the Great Barrier Reef? Kerry Black, Peter Moran, Derek Burrage, Glenn De’ath [Adobe Acrobat Format 717.83KB]
10. Some perspectives on the Acanthaster phenomenon. Leon Zann Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority [Adobe Acrobat Format 80.65KB]
11. Life history characteristics of Acanthaster planci (L.) populations, potential clues to causes of outbreaks. Richard Stump Department of Zoology James Cook University [Adobe Acrobat Format 1121.49KB]
12. CotSim: Scientific visualisation and gaming-simulation for the Acanthaster phenomenon. James P Scandol Department of Civil & Systems Engineering James Cook University [Adobe Acrobat Format 834.89KB]
13. Consequences of outbreaks: relationships between spatial scales of outbreaks and temporal scales of recovery. Craig Johnson and Ann Preece Department of Zoology, University of Queensland [Adobe Acrobat Format 66.36KB]
14. Long term response of herbivorous fish to crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks. Tony Hart Australian Institute of Marine Science [Adobe Acrobat Format 71.47KB]
15. Effects of Acanthaster predation on bioerosion: design and preliminary results. Barbara M Musso Department of Marine Biology, James Cook University of North Queensland [Adobe Acrobat Format 1014.01KB]
16. The history of crown-of-thorns starfish controls on the Great Barrier Reef and an assessment of future needs for controls William Gladstone Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority [Adobe Acrobat Format 812.08KB]
17. A management approach to the COTS question. Graeme Kelleher Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority [Adobe Acrobat Format 252.54KB]
18. The need for a crown-of-thorns starfish contingency plan. Brian Lassig Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority [Adobe Acrobat Format 645.69KB]

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