Johnpaterson1234

Charonia Research http://www.charonia.com/charonia Johnpaterson1234 (talk) 10:22, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

Acanthaster planci

I am not sure what is the evidence for the statement "Some sea stars (including the crown-of-thorns starfish) appear to be able to detect the approach of the mollusk by means which are not clearly understood, and they will attempt flight before any physical contact has taken place."

No evidence that starfish respond before contact is made such as by pheromone. Is there? Johnpaterson1234 (talk) 23:12, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

See recent AIMS research see http://www.aims.gov.au/docs/media/featured-content/-/asset_publisher/Ydk18I5jDwF7/content/the-triton-that-ate-the-crown-of-thorns Johnpaterson1234 (talk) 06:58, 20 December 2014 (UTC)

Nuclear

Issues such as Radioactivity, particularly as it regards to Uranium mining, processing and enrichment needs to be discussed much better. The story of the Radiums each a decay product of a different isotope of Uranium is particularly important. One decays very quickly and would have been a particular problem in the Hunters Hill, Sydney refinery as soon as it was concentrated in the early 20th Century. The site is still showing high Radon (a further radioactive decay product) levels today. The other longer lived and less radioactive isotope of Radium made it to America in time to cause all the Radium Girl problems.Johnpaterson1234 (talk) 23:13, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

Charonia

Irrespective of the multiple causative factors of starfish outbreaks, the giant triton (Charonia tritonis) needs be listed in Appendix 2 of CITES.Johnpaterson1234 (talk) 23:32, 30 August 2012 (UTC)