Diet flexibility and growth of the early herbivorous juvenile crown-of-thorns sea star, implications for its boom-bust population dynamics

• Dione J. Deaker ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: dione.deaker@sydney.edu.au

  Affiliation School of Medical Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7838-1630

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• Benjamin Mos,

  Roles Formal analysis, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Marine Science Centre, School of Environment, Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3687-516X

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• Huang-An Lin,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Marine Science Centre, School of Environment, Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia

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• Corinne Lawson,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Marine Science Centre, School of Environment, Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia

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• Claire Budden,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Symon A. Dworjanyn,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Marine Science Centre, School of Environment, Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia

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• Maria Byrne

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Medical Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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