NOAA FISHERIES: New eDNA tool to help track recovery of sunflower sea star, a Pacific Coast ‘apex predator’
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mavensnotebook.comNOAA FISHERIES: New eDNA tool to help track recovery of sunflower sea star, a Pacific Coast ‘apex predator’mavensnotebook.comFrom NOAA Fisheries: A wasting disease that surged during the intense 2013-2016 Pacific marine heatwave known as the Blob decimated numerous species of sea stars and triggered the collapse of vast coastal kelp forests from the Aleutians to the Baja Peninsula. One of the species most affected was the sunflower sea star, an apex predator that feeds on kelp grazers like sea urchins. As captive breeding programs and the discovery of additional sea star refuges, (like the one found in Greater Farallones National […]
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