Protecting Great Barrier Reef resilience through effective management of crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks

• Samuel A. Matthews ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sam.matthews@gbrmpa.gov.au (SAM); David.Williamson@gbrmpa.gov.au (DHW)

  Affiliation Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville, QLD, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1936-1220

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• David H. Williamson ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sam.matthews@gbrmpa.gov.au (SAM); David.Williamson@gbrmpa.gov.au (DHW)

  Affiliation Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville, QLD, Australia

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• Roger Beeden,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville, QLD, Australia

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• Michael J. Emslie,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, QLD, Australia

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• Rickard T. M. Abom,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Reef and Rainforest Research Centre, Cairns, QLD, Australia

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• Daniel Beard,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation INLOC Group, Cairns, QLD, Australia

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• Mary Bonin,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Brisbane City, QLD, Australia

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• Peran Bray,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, QLD, Australia

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• Adriana R. Campili,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, QLD, Australia

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• Daniela M. Ceccarelli,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, QLD, Australia

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• Leanne Fernandes,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville, QLD, Australia

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• Cameron S. Fletcher,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation CSIRO, Townsville, QLD, Australia

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• Dan Godoy,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Blue Planet Marine, Canberra, ACT, Australia

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• Christopher R. Hemingson,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The University of Texas at Austin, Marine Science Institute, Port Aransas, Texas, United States of America

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• Michelle J. Jonker,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, QLD, Australia

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• Bethan J. Lang,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville, QLD, Australia, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia, ARC Centre of Excellence, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3953-0634

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• Sheriden Morris,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Reef and Rainforest Research Centre, Cairns, QLD, Australia

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• Enrique Mosquera,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Pacific Marine Group, Townsville, QLD, Australia

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• Gareth L. Phillips,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Association of Marine Park Tourism Operators Ltd, Cairns, QLD, Australia

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• Tane H. Sinclair-Taylor,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, QLD, Australia

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• Sascha Taylor,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Queensland Department of Environment and Science, Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service and Partnerships (Marine Parks), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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• Dieter Tracey,

  Roles Visualization

  Affiliation Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville, QLD, Australia

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• Jennifer C. Wilmes,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville, QLD, Australia

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• Richard Quincey

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville, QLD, Australia

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