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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00CC_01CFCB8B.AB351870 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi All, I vaguely recall reading/hearing about a rash of this on the West = Coast (BC?); not sure about whether current or a previous year. DW ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Rick Ballard=20 To: NatureNS=20 Sent: Monday, September 08, 2014 5:27 PM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] starfish die offs? Could be Starfish wasting disease=E2=80=8B which has caused mass die = offs along the north east coast before.=E2=80=8B "Research suggests that high water temperatures are indeed linked to = the disease, increasing its incidence and virulence. The disease also = seems more prevalent in sheltered waters than in open seas with much = wave movement=E2=80=8B"=E2=80=8B On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 2:05 PM, Randy Lauff <randy.lauff@gmail.com> = wrote: All, A friend who has walked Linwood Beach (Ant. Co.) for a dozen years = has for the first time seen starfish, many dead. She brought two in to = me...they look like the common species we have on this shore = (admittedly, I'm out of my field with icky echinoderms). Do starfish = succumb to mass die offs? Anyone else notice any? Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. --=20 Rick Ballard=20 Dartmouth,Nova Scotia, Canada=20 No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4765 / Virus Database: 4015/8167 - Release Date: = 09/07/14 ------=_NextPart_000_00CC_01CFCB8B.AB351870 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =EF=BB=BF<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8" http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.23588"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV>Hi All,</DIV> <DIV> I vaguely recall reading/hearing about a rash of = this on=20 the West Coast (BC?); not sure about whether current or a previous = year.</DIV> <DIV>DW</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"=20 dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dideaphore@gmail.com = href=3D"mailto:ideaphore@gmail.com">Rick=20 Ballard</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">NatureNS</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, September 08, = 2014 5:27=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] = starfish die=20 offs?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr>Could be <A=20 = href=3D"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfish_wasting_disease">Starfish = wasting=20 disease</A> <DIV style=3D"DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: georgia,serif" = class=3Dgmail_default>=E2=80=8B=20 which has caused mass die offs along the north east coast = before.=E2=80=8B</DIV> <DIV> <DIV style=3D"DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: georgia,serif"=20 class=3Dgmail_default><BR></DIV></DIV> <DIV> <DIV style=3D"DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: georgia,serif"=20 class=3Dgmail_default>"</DIV><SPAN=20 style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 22px; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; COLOR: = rgb(37,37,37); FONT-SIZE: 14px">Research=20 suggests that high water temperatures are indeed linked to the = disease,=20 increasing its incidence and virulence. The disease also seems more = prevalent=20 in sheltered waters than in open seas with much wave movement <DIV style=3D"DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: georgia,serif"=20 class=3Dgmail_default>=E2=80=8B"=E2=80=8B</DIV></SPAN></DIV></DIV> <DIV class=3Dgmail_extra><BR> <DIV class=3Dgmail_quote>On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 2:05 PM, Randy Lauff = <SPAN=20 dir=3Dltr><<A href=3D"mailto:randy.lauff@gmail.com"=20 target=3D_blank>randy.lauff@gmail.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; = PADDING-LEFT: 1ex"=20 class=3Dgmail_quote> <DIV dir=3Dltr>All, <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>A friend who has walked Linwood Beach (Ant. Co.) for a dozen = years has=20 for the first time seen starfish, many dead. She brought two in to = me...they=20 look like the common species we have on this shore (admittedly, I'm = out of=20 my field with icky echinoderms). Do starfish succumb to mass die = offs?=20 Anyone else notice any?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Randy<BR clear=3Dall> <DIV>_________________________________<BR>RF Lauff<BR>Way in the = boonies=20 of<BR>Antigonish County, = NS.</DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><BR=20 clear=3Dall> <DIV><BR></DIV>-- <BR><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: georgia,serif">Rick = Ballard=20 </SPAN><BR style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: georgia,serif"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: georgia,serif">Dartmouth,Nova Scotia, Canada = </SPAN><BR=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: georgia,serif"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: georgia,serif"></SPAN></DIV><A></A> <P align=3Dleft color=3D"#000000" avgcert??>No virus found in this=20 message.<BR>Checked by AVG - <A=20 href=3D"http://www.avg.com">www.avg.com</A><BR>Version: 2014.0.4765 / = Virus=20 Database: 4015/8167 - Release Date: = 09/07/14</P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_00CC_01CFCB8B.AB351870--
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