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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1986-092
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Investigation of the impact of the seastar Coscinasterias calamaria on commercial mollusc fisheries

The large starfish, Coscinasterias calamaria is known to feed on commercially exploited molluscs, including blacklip abalone (Haliotis rubra), mussels (Mytilus edulis) and scallops (Pecten irradians). The study investigated the abundance of the seastar on reefs in Port Phillip Bay, and the extent to...
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University of Melbourne
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