Pivotal predator collapse linked to disease epidemic and marine heat wave, study finds
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The article discusses the association of a disease epidemic and a marine heat wave with the collapse of a pivotal predator, Pycnopodia helianthoides.
The sea star wasting disease has caused massive mortality in more than 20 asteroid species and is the largest documented epizootic of a non-commercial marine taxon.
The impacts of multihost pathogens are exacerbated in a changing climate, and such pathogens can cause extreme population impacts and extinction of susceptible species.