| dc.coverage.spatial | Indonesia | en |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Papua New Guinea | en |
| dc.coverage.spatial | East Timor | en |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Australia | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-25T02:49:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-11-25T02:49:38Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-06-07 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Starfish threatens famed coral reefs. (2012, June 7-8). BusinessWorld, p. S3/9. | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12174/7499 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | BusinessWorld Publishing Corporation | en |
| dc.subject | coral reefs | en |
| dc.subject | infestation | en |
| dc.subject | polyps | en |
| dc.subject | coral bleaching | en |
| dc.subject | Coral | en |
| dc.subject | marine ecologists | en |
| dc.subject | water pollution | en |
| dc.subject | overfishing | en |
| dc.subject | predation | en |
| dc.title | Starfish threatens famed coral reefs | en |
| dc.type | newspaperArticle | en |
| dc.citation.journaltitle | BusinessWorld | en |
| dc.citation.firstpage | S3/9 | en |
| local.seafdecaqd.controlnumber | BW20130607_S3/9 | en |
| local.seafdecaqd.extract | A 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.personalName | Meimban, Jacob | |
| dc.contributor.corporateauthor | Agence France-Presse (AFP) | en |
