University of Tasmania: Big Predatory Fish a Natural Defense Against Sea Urchins
October 15, 2025
October 15, 2025
HOBART, Australia, Oct. 15 -- The University of Tasmania issued the following news:
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Big predatory fish a natural defence against sea urchins
A rapid climate-driven population explosion of the long-spined sea urchin has happened in recent decades along southeastern Australia, where they are overgrazing kelp forests and leaving behind desolate stretches of reef known as 'urchin barrens'.
While these urchins pose a major threat to . . .
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Big predatory fish a natural defence against sea urchins
A rapid climate-driven population explosion of the long-spined sea urchin has happened in recent decades along southeastern Australia, where they are overgrazing kelp forests and leaving behind desolate stretches of reef known as 'urchin barrens'.
While these urchins pose a major threat to . . .