In our warming oceans, marine species are moving into new areas and "re-engineering" or often destroying those ecosystems, ...

which was identified last year as the cause of a mass mortality event in the urchin species Diadema antillarum, is the same ...

When sea otters were reintroduced along the coastlines of islands in Southern California and British Columbia, researchers saw kelp forests return to areas that were destroyed by sea urchins. But how ...

A group of microscopic sunflower sea star larva arrived at Shedd Aquarium last year and have been bulking up behind the ...

Urchins however are readily consumed by sea otters (keystone species), and by keeping urchin numbers low, otters assure that the kelp forest community remains intact. Bottom-up forces influence ...

In our warming oceans, marine species are moving into new areas and 're-engineering' or often destroying those ecosystems, ...

1993). There are a number of other well-described examples where keystone species act as determinate predators. Sea otters (i) regulate sea urchin populations, which in turn feed upon kelp and ...

New IMAS research has determined that overfishing – and eating – of one particular pest is helping to protect delicate marine ...

Their discontent is not because the sea urchin fishing season has been reduced ... a third of fish caught in France come from overfished species In 2023, a large-scale ecological restoration ...

The data sets represent two of the most complete studies looking at the effect of keystone species on local ecosystems. Both research areas were mostly "urchin barrens" -- sites where sea urchins ...