Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Doom and Gloom for Echinoderms on the West Coast of North America


Echinoderms are gone from San Francisco Bay

Word on the street is there are no longer any Echinoderms in San Francisco Bay due to pollution.  Books could be written, and have been. 


Maps: Sea Star Wasting in W. North America

(from  pacificrockyintertidal.org )







Sea Star Wasting (Links)

  • http://www.vanaqua.org/act/research/sea-stars
  •  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfish_wasting_disease
  •  http://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2013/09/starfish-wasting-disease.html
  •  http://losaltos.patch.com/groups/around-town/p/starfish-dieoff-whats-killing-sea-stars-along-the-california-coastline
  •  http://www.seadocsociety.org/sea-star-wasting-disease/
  •  http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/is-sea-star-wasting-disease-just-natural-population-control-1.2488695
  •  http://data.piscoweb.org/marine1/seastardisease.html
  •  http://deepseanews.com/2013/12/three-reasons-why-fukushima-radiation-has-nothing-to-do-with-starfish-wasting-syndrome/
  •  http://www.prpeak.com/articles/2014/01/28/community/doc52e858d101dfd157713215.txt
  •  http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/12/28/starfish-dying-wasting-disease-mystery/4208859/
  •  http://www.eeb.ucsc.edu/pacificrockyintertidal/data-products/sea-star-wasting/updates.html
  •  http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/sea-stars-are-wasting-away-in-larger-numbers-on-a-wider-scale-in-two-oceans/2013/11/22/05652194-4be1-11e3-be6b-d3d28122e6d4_story.html
  •  http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2013/12/oregon_coast_isolated_from_mys.html
  •  ww.cbsnews.com/news/mystery-disease-turning-starfish-into-goo/ (you will experience unsolicited multimedia output)
  • http://www.livescience.com/41042-starfish-wasting-disease.html

     


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