For many stands of these trees, only large diameter ... in the 1960s by the dominance of top-predator starfish in intertidal ecosystems. Keystone species are species that play a disproportionately ...

While earlier studies had shown that some starfish that live in shallower, brighter water have and use compound eyes, no one had previously looked at animals occupying the sea floor. “What you see in ...

SAN DIEGO — Starfish — also known as sea stars ... Emmet says this same species can be found year-round along the West Coast, from Baja California to Alaska. But in 2014, sea star wasting ...