A boom–bust phylum? Ecological and evolutionary consequences of density variations in echinoderms

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IMPAcT oF ocEAN wARMING AND ocEAN AcIDIFIcATIoN oN MARINE INvERTEbRATE lIFE HISToRy STAGES: vulNERAbIlITIES AND PoTENTIAl FoR PERSISTENcE IN A cHANGING ocEAN (2011, positive): “A meta-analysis of larval type and extinction risk over evolutionary history indicated that echinoderm species with non-feeding, non-calcifying larvae and short development times were more resilient to extinction driven by climate change than species with feeding larvae (uthicke et al. 2009).”
Thirty Years of Research on Crown-of-Thorns Starfish (1986–2016): Scientific Advances and Emerging Opportunities (2017, background): “Given the high fecundity of individual CoTS [101], larval production is likely to asymptote at relatively low adult densities [102,103] such that larval production may be largely insensitive to changes in adult abundance above a certain threshold.”
Three lines of evidence to link outbreaks of the crown-of-thorns seastar Acanthaster planci to the release of larval food limitation (2010, background): “planci have a propensity to population fluctuations (Uthicke et al. 2009), and some primary A.”
Echinoderm Research and Diversity in Latin America (2013, background): “Studies on echinoderms have focused on experimental ecology due to their important role in marine ecosystems, with several species identified as ‘‘keystone species’’ (Uthicke et al. 2009).”