How sea star wasting disease transformed the West Coast’s ecology and economy
- Written by Rebecca Vega Thurber, Professor of Ecology Evolution and Marine Biology; Director of the Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara
A sunflower sea star may be about to snack on some sea urchins in California.Brent Durand/Moment via Getty ImagesBefore 2013, divers on North America’s west coast rarely saw purple sea urchins. The spiky animals, which are voracious kelp eaters,- were a favorite food of the coast’s iconic sunflower sea stars. The giant sea stars,...
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