Drift-kelp suppresses sea urchin appetite for destruction

Abstract

Sea urchins can cause widespread overgrazing of kelp habitat leading to an impoverished ‘urchin barren’ state. The transition to urchin barrens is significant, in part because it can be very difficult to rehabilitate back... [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. Nina Kriegisch (Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies)
  2. Scott Ling (Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies)
  3. Simon Reeves (Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies)
  4. Stephen Swearer (University of Melbourne)
  5. Craig Johnson (Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies)

Topic Area

13 - Open Theme (for contributions that do not fit named themes)

Session

OS-2D » Open Theme: Community Interactions (13:20 - Monday, 6th July, Lecture Theatre D2.211)

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