I was just wondering why I never see starfish in LA tide pools any more -- they were everywhere when I was a kid. It turns out that the population was devastated in 2013-4 by sea star wasting syndrome, a poorly understood phenomenon that can basically dissolve a sea star in just a few days.
#LosAngeles #Tidepools #Starfish #SeaStars #MarineBiology #SeaStarWastingSyndrome
https://marine.ucsc.edu/data-products/sea-star-wasting/
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