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A decline in the population of sea otters, a well-known predator of urchins and other kelp-eating critters, led to the spread of “urchin barrens” along the Pacific coast, where urchins have mowed down entire kelp forests. Now, researchers are trying to figure out if, and how, other predators such as sunflower stars could play a complementary role in protecting the kelp forests.
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Diminished population of sunflower sea stars may get Endangered Species Act listing
Feb 8, 2023
Alaska Public Media
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Kelp forest off Northern California almost goneNorthern California Coast, United States
Mar 7, 2021
SFGATE
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Sea stars still wasting away in B.C. watersCanada's Pacific Marine Ecosystems
Nov 2, 2018
Vancouver Sun
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Can sea stars make a comeback in Kachemak Bay?Kachemak Bay, Alaska, United States
Aug 15, 2017
Alaska Public Media
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Threatened listing proposed for sunflower sea star after population devastated by wasting diseaseGulf of Alaska
Alaska Public Media
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Sunflower sea stars need help after catastrophic population declines, scientists sayWest Coast of North America
oregonlive
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