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Day: September 7, 2016

Not-so-happy anniversary

Posted on 2016-09-072023-01-06 by Allison J. Gong

Seeing as today is the third anniversary of the first blog post I wrote about sea star wasting syndrome (SSWS), I thought it would be appropriate to take inventory of my remaining stars and see how they’re doing. Right now I have custody of ~10 bat stars (Patiria miniata), 7 ochre stars (Pisaster ochraceus–collected last…

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