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From: bchso@uhnix2.UUCP
Newsgroups: sci.bio,sci.misc
Subject: Re: Oyster predation?
Message-ID: <396@uhnix2.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 15-Jun-87 16:07:02 EDT
Article-I.D.: uhnix2.396
Posted: Mon Jun 15 16:07:02 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 19-Jun-87 01:14:01 EDT
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Reply-To: bchso@uhnix2.UUCP (Dan Davison)
Organization: University of Houston
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Summary: starfish

In article <13496@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA> dplatt@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA (Dave Platt) writes:
>Are there any marine biologists out there?  If so, I have a question:
>what sort of animals prey upon oysters?  Specifically, are there any
>species of starfish that eat oysters? [I seem to recall reading that

I lived in Oyster Bay, NY for a few years.  They now harvest clams instead of
oysters because the starfish population explosion finished off the oysters.
BTW, the oystermen thought that by cutting up starfish and throwing the
pieces overboard they were killing the starfish off...


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