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The future of utilising semiochemical pest control methods to manage the destructive crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks on coral reefs
Biological Conservation, Vol.302, pp.1-15
2025
Abstract
The Crown-of-Thorns Starfish (Acanthaster cf. solaris; CoTS) is arguably the most destructive non-human animal to coral reefs, significantly impeding coral survival in the face of the foremost effects of climate change and coral bleaching. Controlling the unprecedented number of CoTS outbreaks and damage on reef systems is vital for the survival of the reef ecosystem. The emergent strategy of using semiochemicals in terrestrial pest control management, due to their environmentally friendly nature, has generated interest in their application to control populations of this destructive species. However, there have been only a limited number of studies on promising semiochemical applications within aquatic systems. This Perspectives Review provides a much-needed outlook of CoTS chemosensory and semiochemical repertoire, how we might hypothetically utilise semiochemicals with regard to modifying CoTS behaviours and discusses future research directions and the scope for innovative semiochemical technologies with the aim of sustainably controlling CoTS populations, thereby mitigating their devastating outbreaks and destruction of coral reef systems.
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- Title
- The future of utilising semiochemical pest control methods to manage the destructive crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks on coral reefs
- Authors
- Richard J. Harris (Corresponding Author) - Australian Institute of Marine Scienced’Artagnan L. Barnard - The University of QueenslandGillian Paxton - James Cook UniversityStewart Lockie - James Cook UniversityDavid J. Craik - The University of QueenslandScott F. Cummins - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Centre for BioinnovationConan K. Wang - The University of QueenslandCherie A. Motti - Australian Institute of Marine Science
- Publication details
- Biological Conservation, Vol.302, pp.1-15
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Date published
- 2025
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.biocon.2025.110984
- ISSN
- 1873-2917; 0006-3207
- Copyright note
- © 2025 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Data Availability
- No data was used for the research described in the article.
- Grant note
- This review was commissioned as an Early Investment Project within the CoTS Control Innovation Program (CCIP), a collaboration between the Great Barrier Reef Foundation (GBRF), Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, James Cook University (JCU) and The University of Queensland (UQ). The Program is funded by the partnership between the Australian Government's Reef Trust and the Great Barrier Reef Foundation.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science, Technology and Engineering; Centre for Bioinnovation
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991096233602621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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