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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
How sea star wasting disease transformed the West Coast’s ecology and economyA sunflower sea star may be about to snack on some sea urchins in California.Brent Durand/Moment via Getty Images

Before 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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