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Sea star wasting disease demography and etiology in the brooding sea star Leptasterias spp.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2019
Jaffe Noah, Eberl Renate, Bucholz Jamie, Cohen C Sarah
Abstract excerpt
Sea star wasting disease (SSWD) describes a suite of disease signs believed to have led to catastrophic die-offs in many asteroid species, beginning in 2013. While most studies have focused on large, easily visible sea stars with widely-dispersing larvae, less information is available on the effect of this disease outbreak on smaller sea star species, such as the six-armed sea star Leptasterias spp. Unlike many...
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