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fromABC7 San Francisco
1 day ago

Academy of Sciences secures grant to help endangered sea stars, Bay Area's coastal ecosystem

Lab-raised sunflower sea stars were successfully tested in Monterey Bay cages, supporting future reintroduction to restore coastal ecosystem balance.
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fromABC7 San Francisco
8 months ago

New California Academy of Sciences research could help sea star recovery along Bay Area coastline

Breeding and reintroducing sunflower sea stars could restore Bay Area kelp forests by controlling exploding purple sea urchin populations following sea star die-offs.
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fromNature
9 months ago

Mystery of billions of sea-star deaths solved at last

A bacterium has been identified as the cause of sea-star wasting disease devastating populations on the western coast of North America.
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