Dataset: Sea star sample information from Ketchikan, AK in February of 2017 (Sea Star Microbiology project)

Final no updates expectedVersion (2017-12-01)Dataset Type:Other Field Results

Principal Investigator, Contact: Ian Hewson (Cornell University)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Amber D. York (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)


Project: Microbial ecology of sea star wasting disease (Sea Star Microbiology)

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This dataset includes sea star sampling information collected for a survey of sea star-associated densovirus (SSaDV) prevalence and load in asymptomatic animals from near Ketchikan, AK in February of 2017.  The data include sample number, species, collection time, depth, latitude, and longitude. 

The survey was done to determine the presence/load of SSaDV in SE Alaska during a reported incidence of sea cucumber wasting.


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Hewson, I., Button, J. B., Gudenkauf, B. M., Miner, B., Newton, A. L., Gaydos, J. K., … Harvell, C. D. (2014). Densovirus associated with sea-star wasting disease and mass mortality. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(48), 17278–17283. doi:10.1073/pnas.1416625111