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Starfish threatens famed coral reefs

dc.coverage.spatialIndonesiaen
dc.coverage.spatialPapua New Guineaen
dc.coverage.spatialEast Timoren
dc.coverage.spatialAustraliaen
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-25T02:49:38Z
dc.date.available2019-11-25T02:49:38Z
dc.date.issued2013-06-07
dc.identifier.citationStarfish threatens famed coral reefs. (2012, June 7-8). BusinessWorld, p. S3/9.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12174/7499
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherBusinessWorld Publishing Corporationen
dc.titleStarfish threatens famed coral reefsen
dc.typenewspaperArticleen
dc.citation.journaltitleBusinessWorlden
dc.citation.firstpageS3/9en
local.subject.classificationBW20130607_S3/9en
local.descriptionA coral-killing starfish has begun infesting a channel of water in the Philippines famed for having some of the most diverse marine life in the world, the government said Friday. The appearance of the crown-of-thorns starfish in the Verde Island Passage could cause great damage to the area's biodiversity, Jacob Meimban, head of the wildlife bureau's coastal marine management office, told AFP. "The crown-of-thorns starfish really kills the corals. It eats the polyps of the corals, leaving the bleached, white bodies. Then it moves elsewhere... until it leaves the reef dead," Meimban said.en
local.subject.personalnameMeimban, Jacob
dc.contributor.corporateauthorAgence France-Presse (AFP)en
dc.subject.agrovoccoral reefsen
dc.subject.agrovocinfestationen
dc.subject.agrovocpolypsen
dc.subject.agrovoccoral bleachingen
dc.subject.agrovocCoralen
dc.subject.agrovocmarine ecologistsen
dc.subject.agrovocwater pollutionen
dc.subject.agrovocoverfishingen
dc.subject.agrovocpredationen


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