| dc.coverage.spatial | Indonesia | en |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Papua New Guinea | en |
| dc.coverage.spatial | East Timor | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-27T03:00:06Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-11-27T03:00:06Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-06-01 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Starfish threatens Phl coral reefs anew. (2013, June 1). The Philippine Star, p. 16. | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12174/7544 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Philippine Star Printing Co., Inc. | en |
| dc.title | Starfish threatens Phl coral reefs anew | en |
| dc.type | newspaperArticle | en |
| dc.citation.journaltitle | The Philippine Star | en |
| dc.citation.firstpage | 16 | en |
| local.subject.classification | PS20130601_16 | en |
| local.description | A coral-killing starfish has again 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 yesterday. 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, said. "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 |
| dc.subject.agrovoc | coral reefs | en |
| dc.subject.agrovoc | coral reef conservation | en |
| dc.subject.agrovoc | coral reef restoration | en |
| dc.subject.agrovoc | infestation | en |
| dc.subject.agrovoc | polyps | en |
| dc.subject.agrovoc | marine ecologists | en |
