Three lines of evidence to link outbreaks of the crown-of-thorns seastar Acanthaster planci to the release of larval food limitation

By Katharina E. Fabricius, K. Okaji, G. De’ath. Coral reefs, 2010

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Thirty Years of Research on Crown-of-Thorns Starfish (1986–2016): Scientific Advances and Emerging Opportunities (2017, background): “[45] argued that interannual variation in the cumulative annual discharge from the Burdekin river (one of five major rivers that discharge into the GBR) corresponds with the initiation of outbreaks of A.”
Comparative Effects of Different Disturbances in Coral Reef Habitats in Moorea, French Polynesia (2011, background): “However, on the Great Barrier Reef, it is suggested that outbreaks result from increased nutrient loads [100] and/or overfishing of predatory fishes [101, 102].”
The 27–year decline of coral cover on the Great Barrier Reef and its causes (2012, background): “The runoff of soils, fertilizers and pesticides from agricultural and coastal development has significantly affected inshore coral reefs (12; 15; 16; 17), and has likely increased COTS outbreak frequencies (5; 18).”