NESP TWQ Project 2.1.1 - Integrated Pest Management of Crown-of-Thorns Starfish, 2016-2018 (CSIRO)

Research Project

Researchers: Australian Institute of Marine Science (Associated with) , Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) (Associated with) , Cameron Fletcher (collaborator) , Cappo, Mike (collaborator) , Cherie Motti (collaborator)
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Full description Successful Crown-of-Thorns Starfish (CoTS) management will, for the foreseeable future, depend on manual control at specific sites being effective and efficient. This project will develop an Integrated Pest Management approach to site management, based on a detailed understanding of CoTS ecology and management operations, to protect coral and maximise performance of control activities at economically and ecologically important reefs. It will provide an intelligent, field-deployable decision support tool to guide strategic selection of control activities based on site conditions and management constraints. This approach will be underpinned by new, targeted field work focussed on improving management.

Notes Credit
This project was funded by the Australian Government's Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment through the National Environmental Science Programme Tropical Water Quality (NESP TWQ) hub with co-investment from project partners and collaborators.

Data time period: 2016-01-01 to 10 12 2018