[NatureNS] starfish die offs?

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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

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<DIV>Hi All,</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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>
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  <A title=3Dideaphore@gmail.com =
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  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>
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  which has caused mass die offs along the north east coast =
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  style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 22px; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; COLOR: =
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  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>
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  <DIV class=3Dgmail_quote>On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 2:05 PM, Randy Lauff =
<SPAN=20
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    <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, =
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  style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: georgia,serif">Dartmouth,Nova Scotia, Canada =
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