Investigating the Complex Association Between Viral Ecology, Environment, and Northeast Pacific Sea Star Wasting

Investigating the Complex Association Between Viral Ecology, Environment, and Northeast Pacific Sea Star Wasting

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 to Baja California. Previous work identified the Sea Star associated Densovirus (SSaDV) as the best candidate pathogen f...

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Main Authors: Ian Hewson, Kalia S. I. Bistolas, Eva M. Quijano Cardé, Jason B. Button, Parker J. Foster, Jacob M. Flanzenbaum, Jan Kocian, Chaunte K. Lewis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
sea star wasting
Asteroidea
densovirus
RNA virus
pathogen
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2018.00077/full

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