Origins and Implications of a Primary Crown-of-Thorns Starfish Outbreak in the Southern Great Barrier Reef

<div>Total “early season flow” in megalitres for the Fitzroy River measured at “The Gap.” Early season flow reflects measurement of total water flow from 1 November to 28 February, corresponding to the putative COTS spawning season. Thus the bar in the figure labelled 2012 represents total flow measured at “The Gap” between November 2011 and February 2012.</div>

Journal of Marine Sciences

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Figure 5: Origins and Implications of a Primary Crown-of-Thorns Starfish Outbreak in the Southern Great Barrier Reef 