Effects of temperature, season and locality on wasting disease in the keystone predatory sea star Pisaster ochraceus

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 245-251

  Bates, Amanda E ^a,b   Hilton, Brett J ^a,b   Harley, Christopher D G ^b  

^a BAMFIELD MARINE SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Echinoderm; Global warming; Pisaster ochraceus; Temperature; Wasting disease

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHINODERM; GLOBAL WARMING; KEYSTONE SPECIES; MASS MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PREDATOR; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VULNERABILITY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; MALE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PATHOLOGY; SEASON; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STARFISH; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; MALE; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STARFISH; TEMPERATURE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

ASTERIAS; ASTEROIDEA; ECHINODERMATA; PISASTER; PISASTER OCHRACEUS;

EID: 70450159381     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02125     Document Type: Article

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