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  To infect or to not infect?…that is the question for this summer’s field work in Tomales Bay. We’ve set up camp at Bodega Marine Lab and for the last two months the team has been going strong (including the juvenile oysters, A.K.A. “seed”). We’ve been rearing seed so that they are of desired size…

Sea stars in the last 3 years have drastically declined along the West Coast of the US. The reason for this multi-species decline has been linked to an epizootic called Sea Star Wasting Disease (SSWD) and is the largest marine disease event ever recorded. This disease is as morbid as it sounds; anatomically the stars…