Therefore, kelp forests in British Columbia rely on both sea otters and sea stars to keep urchins at bay. When the sea star wasting epidemic hit the waters of British Columbia, 96% of the ...
Using only fins, divers wild-harvest abalone off eastern Australia’s coast. The marine snail, known for its beautiful ...
due to an ailment known as sea star wasting disease. In their absence, purple urchins surged in population and chewed through entire undersea forests of bull kelp, which are the foundation for a ...
They’re voracious predators whose consumption of sea urchins helps prevent the overgrazing of kelp forests, maintaining coastal ecosystems. The sea star wasting disease outbreak is considered one of ...
They’re voracious predators whose consumption of sea urchins helps prevent the overgrazing of kelp forests, maintaining coastal ecosystems. The sea star wasting disease outbreak is considered one of ...
A recent Guest Commentary asserts that the increasing numbers of sea lions and harbor seals ... losses are a significant loss of giant kelp forest north of Point La Jolla and low numbers of ...
Loading YouTube content The marine scientist from environmental nonprofit The Nature Conservancy explains that a dramatic rise in sea urchin numbers has decimated the golden kelp forests that ...
Bull kelp provides food and shelter for salmon, Southern Resident orcas, sunflower stars, pinto abalone, rockfish, harbor seals, sea otters and ... of its bull kelp forests, according to PDZA.
The massive network of rocky reefs that lines much of southern Australia’s coastline is a shadowy cold-water underworld dominated by brown seaweeds known as kelp. The Great Southern Reef might not be ...