The author examines the questions surrounding the 1960s and 1970s infestation of coral reef communities around the world by crow-of-thorns starfish. Sapp explor... » 

The author examines the questions surrounding the 1960s and 1970s infestation of coral reef communities around the world by crow-of-thorns starfish. Sapp explores the scientific debates about the cause of the crisis and how it should be handled. «