Sunflower sea star predation on urchins can facilitate kelp forest recovery
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DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.1897
Abstract: 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… read more here.
Keywords: sunflower sea; pycnopodia; kelp forest; sea ... See more keywords