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Title: Anomalous Starfish Outbreak in the White Sea – A Scientific Study
This book offers a detailed investigation into the unusual storm-driven mass stranding of starfish in the White Sea’s Dvina Bay during the spring of 1990. Drawing on extensive original research and archival materials, the author presents findings from long-term field studies of the bay’s benthic communities, alongside data from scientific literature, reports, and journalistic sources.
The work critically examines flawed attempts to explain such complex synecological events through biased approaches that ignore key biotic interactions, particularly predator-prey dynamics and the long-term influence of food resource availability on predator abundance and migration. The author convincingly demonstrates that trophic relationships between key benthic species, combined with autogenic quasi-cyclic processes in the prey population, triggered the anomalous starfish aggregation in the storm-surf zone.
Intended for environmental professionals, marine ecologists, and biology students, this volume also appeals to anyone with a passion for understanding natural phenomena. (Word count: 140)
