25.09 | 00:46
Australian scientists found the most basic and inexpensive way to deal with starfish that eat coral and thereby destroy the Great Barrier Reef.
According to experts the most critical damage to the reef applied starfish – “crown of thorns”.
scientists from the Australian Institute of Marine Science, demonstrated that after injection of acetic acid, almost all sea stars die. To date, to counter these marine parasites used injections of bovine bile, but the vinegar was in a lot cheaper.
As the head of the research group, Professor Fox-Bostrom Einarsson – “Vinegar – a wonderful tool. It can be purchased at any supermarket, and it is about half the price of bovine bile »
According to the scientist, you must first make sure that vinegar is not harmful to coral and other marine life.
Of course, the only one, this method will not be able to save the whole Great Barrier Reef, but it can help in saving some small reefs.
The Fox Bostrom emphasizes – “Ideally, we would like to stop the sudden outbreak of the population growth of starfish , but we have our knowledge of these animals is limited »
Over the last 30 years, the area of coral on the Great Barrier Reef has decreased by 50%. Scientists blame the starfish that eat coral, as well as frequent cyclones.
According to research, the population of starfish increases dramatically in areas where water gets from the rivers from agricultural areas and full of nutrients.
The nutrients in seawater leads to an increase in the population of phytoplankton, which feed on the larvae of sea stars.
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