How can a marine organism pose a threat to coral reefs if an ecosystem imbalance occurs.
Lionil sought information about CoTS. He visited the Oceanography Division of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI). There, he met Professor Suharsono, a coral expert who had conducted research on the Crown-of-Thorns starfish. Prof. Suharsono explained what CoTS are, covering their morphology, growth, feeding habits, and how CoTS population outbreaks occur.