Sea star wasting syndrome (SSWS) can cause widespread mortality in starfish populations
as well as long-lasting changes to benthic community structure and dynamics. SSWS …

The keystone species Pisaster ochraceus suffered mass mortalities along the northeast
Pacific Ocean from Sea Star Wasting Syndrome (SSWS) outbreaks in 2013–2016. SSWS …

Disease outbreaks can have substantial impacts on wild populations, but the often patchy or
anecdotal evidence of these impacts impedes our ability to understand outbreak dynamics …

An extensive 2013 mass mortality event along the West Coast of North America due to Sea
Star Wasting Disease (SSWD) has affected at least 20 species of sea stars. Among …

Marine invertebrate mass mortality events (MMEs) threaten biodiversity and have the
potential to catastrophically alter ecosystem structure. A proximal question around acute …

Disease outbreaks are becoming more frequent as anthropogenic changes to ecosystem
function stress species and create conditions favorable for pathogen infection. Marine …

Mass mortality events provide valuable insight into biological extremes and also ecological
interactions more generally. The sea star wasting epidemic that began in 2013 catalyzed …

Sea Star Wasting Disease (SSWD) describes a suite of disease signs that affected> 20
species of asteroid since 2013 along a broad geographic range from the Alaska Peninsula …

Mussels occupy a key middle trophic position in nearshore food webs linking primary
producers to predators. Climate‐related environmental changes may synergistically …

Disease emergence occurs within the context of ecological communities, and disease driven
declines in host populations can lead to complex direct and indirect ecological effects …