Abundance Information for Acanthaster planci
Main Ref.
Country Cook Islands Ecosystem Pacific Ocean
Locality Rarotonga. Depth
Introduced Year Intro.
Life Stage not specified unsexed
Quantitative Unit
Semi Quantitative Unit
Qualitative abundant
Year 1971 - 1971 Period
Date 1971-03-01 00:00:00 - 1971-03-30 00:00:00 Record Type field sample
Record Type field sample
Seasonal Method
Remarks Rarotonga with about 13000 people is the most populated island of Cook Islands. Agriculture is important and use of chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticides (i.e., DDT and dieldrin and lindane) was excessive (Hambuechen, pers. comm.)
(e.g. 9948)
( e.g. cephalopods )
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