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 ...

So kelp forests, you’re even connected to gray ... we’ve talked in the past about the sunflower sea star, an urchin predator, the populations of which have been devastated by a wasting disease ...

Globally, kelp forest collapse is becoming more common ... the disease that has decimated sunflower stars in California, sea star wasting syndrome, since 2013. It’s less clear if sea otters ...

Researchers hope to revive the population of sunflower sea stars in an effort to support kelp forests along the California ...

“Disease fueled by climate change has devastated this gorgeous species, and these safeguards will help tackle threats to their survival and promote the health of the kelp forests they live in.” Since ...

The kelp forests of central California ... the increase in visible purple urchins occurred at the same time that sea star wasting syndrome decimated 20 species of sea stars, converting the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...