Coral colonies in the eastern tropical Pacific: predation by Acanthaster cf. solaris
J. C. Rodríguez-Vilalobos A C and A. Ayala-Bocos BA Laboratorio de Sistemas Arrecifales, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, La Paz, B.C.S., México, 23080.
B ECO: Ecosistemas y Conservación; Proazul terrestre A.C. Héroes de Independencia 2440, Centro, La Paz, B.C.S, México, CP 23000.
C Corresponding author. Email: jennica13@hotmail.com
Pacific Conservation Biology 24(4) 419-420 https://doi.org/10.1071/PC18040
Submitted: 6 April 2018 Accepted: 22 July 2018 Published: 17 August 2018
Abstract
The crown of thorns (CoTS; Acanthaster cf. solaris) have not been reported as an actual threat to reefs in the Gulf of California; however, in the Espiritu Santo Archipelago National Park, we have evidenced massive predation over scleractinian corals. Its abundance is now over outbreaks threshold value and it is higher than historical records
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