December 10, 2021
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Reef fish, such as emperors, tropical snappers and rockcods, help keep numbers of crown-of-thorns starfish in check on the Great Barrier Reef, according to a new study from the Australian Institute of Marine Science. Published today in Nature Communications, the study found the abundance of the coral-eating starfish increases in places where fish species which are known to eat the starfish are removed.
