Fjord oceanographic dynamics support refuge populations of <em>Pycnopodia helianthoides</em> following the sea star wasting disease epidemic

Gehman, Alyssa-Lois

Fjord oceanographic dynamics support refuge populations of Pycnopodia helianthoides following the sea star wasting disease epidemic

Alyssa-Lois Gehman¹, Ondine Pontier², Carolyn Prentice², Margot Hessing-Lewis², Tyrel Froese², Derek VanMaanen³, Jennifer Jackson⁴, Gillian Sadlier-Brown², Angeleen Olson², Zachary Monteith³ and Krystal Bachen³, (1)University of British Columbia - Hakai Institute, Vancouver, BC, CANADA, (2)Hakai Institute, Campbell River, Canada, (3)Hakai Institute, Campbell River, BC, Canada, (4)ASL Environmental Sciences Inc., Victoria, BC, Canada