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CohoJake

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Sea Star Wasting Disease - Loss of a Keystone Species
« on: July 03, 2014, 08:36:02 PM »
This is one of a couple articles I have seen lately:
http://crosscut.com/2014/06/30/puget-sound/120763/when-stars-go-out-all-along-coast/

Is anyone on here familiar with this issue?  I wonder what the implications are to salmonids (I have a one track mind).  If mussels and sea urchins run rampant, does that ruin near-shore habitat for young salmon and sea-run trout? 
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