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Is It in the Stars? Exploring the Relationships between Species' Traits and Sea Star Wasting Disease.
The Biological bulletin - 1 Dec 2022
Schiebelhut Lauren M, Giakoumis Melina, Castilho Rita, Garcia Valentina E, Wares John P, Wessel Gary M, Dawson Michael N
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AbstractAn explanation for variation in impacts of sea star wasting disease across asteroid species remains elusive. Although various traits have been suggested to play a potential role in sea star wasting susceptibility, currently we lack a thorough comparison that explores how life-history and natural history traits shape responses to mass mortality across diverse asteroid taxa. To explore how asteroid traits...
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