Thursday, February 20, 2020

Pisaster palette

I've been busy with field surveys recently, so here's a quick photo from the rocky intertidal zone:

 

Ochre Sea Stars (Pisaster ochraceus) — in three color forms — and Giant Green Anemones (Anthopleura xanthogrammica)
 
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3 comments:

  1. Alicce ChanFebruary 21, 2020 at 7:04 AM

    What a lovely burst of color to start my morning!

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  2. Dan GurneyFebruary 22, 2020 at 10:55 AM

    I'm so glad to see the sea stars come back. My wife and I walked at low tide from Doran to Short Tail Gulch and we saw a great many sea stars clustered among the rocks.

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  3. Jackie SonesFebruary 22, 2020 at 9:02 PM

    Hi, Alice and Dan,

    Yes! Nice to see the healthy sea stars! We've been monitoring some local sites since 2013. It's been a long road back from declines due to wasting disease, but we're hopeful about their recovery.

    Jackie

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