Document Type
Editorial
Publication Date
3-2016
DOI
10.1098/rstb.2015.0200
Publication Title
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Volume
371
Issue
1689
Pages
1-3
Abstract
(First paragraph) As Australians were spending millions of dollars in 2014 to remove the coraleating crown of thorns sea star from the Great Barrier Reef, sea stars started washing up dead for free along North America’s Pacific Coast. Because North American sea stars are important and iconic predators in marine communities, locals and marine scientists alike were alarmed by what proved to be the world’s most widespread marine mass mortality in geographical extent and species affected, especially given its mysterious cause. Investigative research using modern diagnostic techniques implicated a never-before-seen virus [1]. The virus inspired international attention to marine diseases, including this theme issue.
Rights
Web of Science: "Free full-text from publisher."
© 2016 The Author(s) Published by the Royal Society. All rights reserved.
Original Publication Citation
Lafferty, K. D., & Hofmann, E. E. (2016). Marine disease impacts, diagnosis, forecasting, management and policy. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B:Biological Sciences, 371(1689), 1-3. doi:10.1098/rstb.2015.0200
Repository Citation
Lafferty, Kevin D. and Hofmann, Eileen E., "Marine Disease Impacts, Diagnosis, Forecasting, Management and Policy" (2016). CCPO Publications. 291.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/ccpo_pubs/291
ORCID
0000-0001-6710-4371 (Hofmann)
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