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ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2025

Sunflower sea star chemical cues locally reduce kelp consumption by eliciting a flee response in red sea urchins.

Raphael T Mancuso, Sarah A Gravem, Rose S Campbell, Nathan Hunter, Pete Raimondi, Aaron W E Galloway, Kristy J Kroeker

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Article in Proceedings. Biological sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Raphael T MancusoDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
Sarah A GravemOregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3857-9930
Rose S CampbellDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
Nathan HunterDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
Pete RaimondiDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
Aaron W E GallowayOregon Institute of Marine Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7826-299X
Kristy J KroekerDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5766-1999

Funding

The National Science Foundation OCE-1752600The Nature Conservancy
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Predator loss can cause shifts in ecosystem state, especially when accompanied by changes in the behaviour of its prey. The recent decline of predatory sunflower sea stars

Indexed as

KelpPredatory BehaviorSea UrchinsStarfishAnimalsCuesEcosystemFood Chainbehaviourally mediated trophic cascadekelp restorationlandscape of fearsea star wasting disease (SSWD)top-down controltrophic connections

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PMID40628470
PMCPMC12308348

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