Luckily, the CoT starfish population gradually declined on its own and the reefs recovered.
幸运的是，刺冠海星的数量渐渐地自发减少了，珊瑚礁也恢复了。
The faster-growing species are the preferred food of the CoT starfish.
刺冠海星更喜欢吃长得快的物种。
The Cot starfish is found on coral reefs in the tropical Pacific Ocean and it eats coral.
刺冠海星生活在热带太平洋的珊瑚礁上，以珊瑚为食。
For example, during the 1960s, there was an outbreak of CoT starfish in the Great Barrier Reef, off the east coast of Australia.
例如在20世纪60年代，在澳大利亚东海岸的大堡礁，刺冠海星的数量暴增。
Larval CoT starfish eat phytoplankton in their first month of life, so more fertilizer in the ocean means more phytoplankton, which means more starfish, bad for the reefs.
