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ECB-ART-40381
Science 1982 May 28;2164549:989-91. doi: 10.1126/science.216.4549.989.
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Catastrophic decline of a top carnivore in the gulf of california rocky intertidal zone.

Dungan ML , Miller TE , Thomson DA .


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The predatory sun star, Heliaster kubiniji, once the commonest rocky intertidal asteroid of the Gulf of California, has been rare throughout this region since summer 1978 when a devastating disease outbreak occurred. This unprecedented phenomenon and several other exceptional ecological events in marine communities of the northeastern Pacific appear to be linked to large-scale climatic changes that occurred during 1977 and 1978. Implications of the decline in Heliaster kubiniji are discussed.

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Genes referenced: LOC115925415