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UC Santa Cruz Students Discover Sunflower Sea Stars Keep Kelp-hungry Urchins at Bay
July 26, 2025
SANTA CRUZ, California, July 26 (TNSjou) -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news:

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UC Santa Cruz students discover sunflower sea stars keep kelp-hungry urchins at bay

Presence of well-armed predator may be one way to help decimated kelp forests recover

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* In underwater experiments off Alaska, red sea urchins kept their distance from kelp placed near caged sunflower sea stars, su . . .

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