Sunflower sea star predation on urchins can facilitate kelp forest recovery

The recent collapse of predatory sunflower sea stars (Pycnopodia helianthoides) owing to sea star wasting disease (SSWD) is hypothesized to have contributed to proliferation of sea urchin barrens and losses of kelp forests on the North American west coast. We used experiments and a model to test whe...

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Autores principales: Galloway, A. W. E., Gravem, S. A., Kobelt, J. N., Heady, W. N., Okamoto, D. K., Sivitilli, D. M., Saccomanno, V. R., Hodin, J., Whippo, R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2023
Materias:
Biological Applications
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9943640/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36809801
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.1897

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9943640/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36809801
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.1897

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