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For example, sea otters in the Pacific Ocean eat sea urchins as part of their diet. Sea urchins in turn eat the kelp that grows in the ocean. If there aren’t enough sea otters to keep the sea ...

THEY'RE A KEYSTONE SPECIES. THEY HELP TO PROTECT THE KELP BEDS OFF SHORE BY CONSUMING SEA URCHINS, AND THEY HELP TO PROTECT THE SEA BEDS HERE IN THE SLOUGH" "SO HEALTHY SEA OTTERS MEAN A HEALTHY ...

Sea otters also serve an important role as a keystone species in the environment, by eating invasive crustaceans like green crabs, and by restoring and maintaining kelp forests. “There’s also ...

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Sea otter populations were devastated during the ... leaving the urchins to graze the kelp unchecked. On one rocky reef alone, researchers from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife recently ...