Perspective: Something Old, Something New? Review of Wasting and Other Mortality in Asteroidea (Echinodermata)

Asteroids (Echinodermata) experience mass mortality events that have the potential to cause dramatic shifts in ecosystem structure. Asteroid wasting describes a suite of body wall abnormalities that can ultimately result in animal mortality. Wasting in Northeast Pacific asteroids has gained consider...

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Main Authors: Ian Hewson, Brooke Sullivan, Elliot W. Jackson, Qiang Xu, Hao Long, Chenggang Lin, Eva Marie Quijano Cardé, Justin Seymour, Nachshon Siboni, Matthew R. L. Jones, Mary A. Sewell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2019.00406/full