Michael N Dawson, Paige J Duffin, Melina Giakoumis, Lauren M Schiebelhut, Rodrigo Beas-Luna, Keith L Bosley, Rita Castilho, Christine Ewers-Saucedo, Katie A Gavenus, Aimee Keller, Brenda Konar, John L Largier, Julio Lorda, C Melissa Miner, Monica M Moritsch, Sergio A Navarrete, Sarah B Traiger, Mo S Turner, John P Wares
AbstractMass mortality events provide valuable insight into biological extremes and also ecological interactions more generally. The sea star wasting epidemic that began in 2013 catalyzed study of the microbiome, genetics, population dynamics, and community ecology of several high-profile species inhabiting the northeastern Pacific but exposed a dearth of information on the diversity, distributions, and impacts of sea star wasting for many lesser-known sea stars and a need for integration across scales. Here, we combine datasets from single-site to coast-wide studies, across time lines from weeks to decades, for 65 species...
June 2023: Biological Bulletin