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Sea otters help kelp forests recover—but how fast depends on where they are
While working on remote Alaskan islands, he found where sea otters were absent, sea urchin populations mushroomed, overtaking kelp forests. He concluded the small mammals were integral to ...
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Kelp! Scientists discover more about how sea otters come to the rescue of undersea forests
Both areas were mostly ‘urchin barrens’ – sites where sea urchins had overgrazed in the absence of sea otters – when the studies began. But while kelp grew back off both coasts ...
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Sea otters help kelp forests recover — but how fast depends on where they are
While working on remote Alaskan islands, he found where sea otters were absent, sea urchin populations mushroomed, overtaking kelp forests. He concluded the small mammal was integral to ...
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Sea otters help kelp forests recover -- but how fast depends on where they are
While working on remote Alaskan islands, he found where sea otters were absent, sea urchin populations mushroomed, overtaking kelp forests. He concluded the small mammal was integral to ...