Join Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods’ programs manager Jazzy Dingler as she guides students on a tide pool excursion on the Sonoma Coast. She talks about what you might see in the Sonoma Coast tide pools, etiquette in this fragile ecosystem, and how to be safe at beaches on the dangerous Sonoma Coast. There […]
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Sea star wasting disease is still a mystery, but CSUF researchers are on the case
November 21st, 2018
It’s a sea mystery that has stumped scientists along the West Coast for years. But a group of Cal State Fullerton students and marine biologists are on the hunt for answers about a mysterious epidemic that wiped out millions of sea stars in recent years.
How California’s sea stars are evolving past a devastating pandemic
July 20th, 2018
In 2012, environmental systems graduate student Lauren Schiebelhut was collecting DNA from ochre sea stars living along the Northern California coast—part of an effort to study genetic diversity in various marine species that serve as indicators of habitat health. She had no idea that just one year later, most of the sea stars would be […]
Large-scale impacts of sea star wasting disease (SSWD) on intertidal sea stars and implications for recovery.
March 20th, 2018
Miner, C.M., J.L. Burnaford, R.F. Ambrose, L. Antrim, H. Bohlmann, C.A. Blanchette, J.M. Engle, S.C. Fradkin, R. Gaddam, C.D.G. Harley, B.G. Miner, S.N. Murray, J.R. Smith, S.G. Whitaker, P.T. Raimondi. 2018. PLOS ONE 13(3): e0192870
Update on Sea Star Wasting Disease
February 13th, 2015
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Sea star wasting syndrome (SSWS) is a general description of a set of symptoms that are found in sea stars. Typically, lesions appear in the ectoderm followed by decay of tissue surrounding the lesions, which leads to eventual fragmentation of the body and death. A deflated […]