Dataset: Predation rates by Pisaster ochraceus on Mytilus californianus along the Oregon Coast from 1999 to 2023

Mass mortality from disease epidemics can challenge the resistance and resilience of populations and communities. Assessing the impacts of such events and their consequences is crucially dependent on long-term datasets In 2013-16, sea star wasting disease (SSWD) caused population-wide crashes of the archetypal keystone species, the sea star Pisaster ochraceus, along the North American west coast. We used a long-term dataset to assess how predation rates by Pisaster on Mytilus californianus varie...