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these beautiful creatures play a balanced role in the ecosystem of the Great barrier reef. But when their population booms, they can quickly become a plague, consuming coral reefs--their favorite food--with a frenzied fervor.
Unfortunately, such population booms have been happening more and more frequently along the Great barrier reef over the last several decades.
The problem has become so ubiquitous that scientists now believe that crown-of-thorns starfish are estimated responsible for an 40 per cent of the Great barrier reef total decline in coral cover.
Researchers hope that by releasing a fleet of COTSBOTS they might restore some balance to the fragile ecology of the Great barrier reef,
The plan is for COTSBOT to field trip to the Great barrier reef later this month where it will be involved in a trial with live targets.
a whole fleet of COTSBOTS could begin patrolling the Great barrier reef by December of 2015 5
For the study, the researchers simulated sediment conditions frequently found on inshore reefs on the Great barrier reef,
Exposure of clownfish larvae to suspended sediment levels found on the Great barrier reef: Impacts on gill structure and microbiome by Sybille Hess, Amelia Wenger, Tracy Ainsworth and Jodie L. Rummer is published in the journal, Nature Scientific Reports s
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