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Boracay waters being rid of coral-devouring starfishes

dc.contributor.authorFernandez, Rudy A.
dc.coverage.spatialPhilippinesen
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-29T05:28:01Z
dc.date.available2021-09-29T05:28:01Z
dc.date.issued1999-09-27
dc.identifier.citationFernandez, R. A. (1999, September 27). Boracay waters being rid of coral-devouring starfishes. The Philippine Star, p. 18.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12174/11388
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherPhilippine Star Printing Co., Inc.en
dc.subjectmarine organismsen
dc.subjectecotourismen
dc.subjectpredatorsen
dc.subjectCoralen
dc.subjectpolypsen
dc.subjectcoral reefsen
dc.subjectsurveysen
dc.subjectmarine scientistsen
dc.subjectEl Nino phenomenaen
dc.subjectMan-induced effectsen
dc.titleBoracay waters being rid of coral-devouring starfishesen
dc.typenewspaperArticleen
dc.citation.journaltitleThe Philippine Staren
dc.citation.firstpage18en
local.seafdecaqd.controlnumberPS19990927_18en
local.seafdecaqd.extractA campaign to rid the waters of the world-famous tourists island of Boracay in Aklan of crown-of-thorns (COT) starfishes in on. Since last year, some 10,000 COTs have been manually gathered by local dive shop operators, who started the campaign to eradicate the dreaded starfishes when a COT outbreak was observed late last year. Known in the science world as Acanthasier planci, the crown-of-thorns starfish is a spiny-skinned "echinoderm." according to the Tigbauan, Iloilo based Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD).en
local.subject.personalNameSurtida, Augusto Perez
local.subject.personalNamePlaton, Rolando
local.subject.personalNameGarcia, Luis Maria
local.subject.corporateNameSoutheast Asian Fisheries Development Center/Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD)en
local.subject.scientificNameAcanthaster plancien


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