Other Animal Disease -- United States
Though some sea stars are recovering from the 2013 wasting epidemic, others, like Monterey Bay's once-abundant sunflower star, may never be coming back, say sea star experts.
"What we found when the epidemic hit is that there were definite winners and losers," said Joe Gaydos, Science Director for the marine conservation program SeaDoc Society. Of the more than 2000 species of sea stars, the winners seem to be the rarer species. "The losers were a few of the most common ones, the highest
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