Sea star wasting disease

In 2013, sea star wasting disease decimated several sea star species from California all the way up to Alaska, including the Salish Sea. SeaDoc worked with a group of collaborators to identify the cause of sea star wasting disease as well as show which species of stars are affected by the virus and which ones are not.

• Devastating Transboundary Impacts of Sea Star Wasting Disease on Subtidal Asteroids.

• Densovirus associated with sea-star wasting disease and mass mortality