Echinoderms (Echinodermata) – Just Another Nature Enthusiast

Just Another Nature Enthusiast

JANE’s Images & Thoughts 🌲 Inspired by the Pacific NW & places I wander

Sea Star Wasting Syndrome Virus Identified
11/21/201409/14/2022
I am reblogging this post as a “conclusion” to an on-going interest in this ecological situation… http://just-another-nature-enthusiast.org/2014/09/01/weekly-photo-challenge-dialogue-sea-stars/ http://just-another-nature-enthusiast.org/2014/07/31/sea-star-wasting-syndrome-cause-may-be-environmental/

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Weekly Photo Challenge: “Dialogue” Sea Stars
09/01/201409/14/2022
-Piaster ochraceus- Ochre Sea Star Keystone predator controls density of mussel population. Crucial in maintaining organization and diversity of intertidal zones. -Sea Star Wasting Syndrome- Largest mortality event for marine diseases yet seen. Warming waters? Bacterial?…

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