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Crown-of-thorns starfish outbreak at oceanic Dongsha Atoll in the northern South China Sea

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Acknowledgements

We thank Marine National Parks and Coast Guard staff for access to Dongsha Atoll and Yi-Bei Liang, Oskar Ng Kang-Ming, and Tam Di-Bing for logistical support. Four anonymous reviewers’ comments improved an earlier version of this manuscript.

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This study was funded by a Dongsha Atoll Research Station grant.

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  1. Molecular Invertebrate Systematics and Ecology Laboratory, Graduate School of Engineering and Science, University of the Ryukyus, 1 Senbaru, Nishihara, Okinawa, 903-0213, Japan

    James Davis Reimer, Hiroki Kise & Hin Boo Wee

  2. Tropical Biosphere Research Center, University of the Ryukyus, 1 Senbaru, Nishihara, Okinawa, 903-0213, Japan

    James Davis Reimer

  3. Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University, 2 Beining Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Keelung, Taiwan

    Chen-Lu Lee

  4. Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

    Keryea Soong

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Reimer, J.D., Kise, H., Wee, H.B. et al. Crown-of-thorns starfish outbreak at oceanic Dongsha Atoll in the northern South China Sea. Mar. Biodivers. 49, 2495–2497 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-019-01021-2

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