Vinegar can save Barrier Reef from the sea stars – commander

Australian researchers announced the discovery of a simple and cheap way to get rid of the coral-eating starfish that destroy the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Biologists believe that a simple vinegar save the Great Barrier Reef. This was reported by the BBC.

The researchers stress that the method of salvation Barrier Reef from “eating” starfish is very economical as compared to the methods of preservation of the coral surface, which are used at present. Now the struggle with the “crown of thorns”, are the main enemies of a coral reef, is conducted using bovine bile, but if we can implement acetic technology to save large coral, the costs will halve.

In the near future, experts are going check the safety of the theory that the Barrier Reef from “eating” starfish can save vinegar. If the results of the study confirm that the substance acts specifically on the starfish and coral destroys itself, then acetic methodology will be put in place. The truth is, researchers do not undertake to assert that using vinegar will be able to save the Big Reef, but some parts of it will save and protect them from the damaging effects of “crown of thorns».

Experts calculated the concentration of the solution of vinegar for injection, needle size and even a place where you want to prick the pest. When properly produced injection starfish die within 48 hours.

«Vinegar – a wonderful tool. It can be purchased at any supermarket, and it is about half the price [of bovine bile] “, – said the head of the research group of Dr. Fox, Bostrom Einarsson. She believes that you must first make sure that the vinegar does not harm to coral or other marine animals.

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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