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Tag: sea urchin

Pros and cons of conservation: how rebounding sea otter populations impact local economies
Economy

Pros and cons of conservation: how rebounding sea otter populations impact local economies

Growing sea otter populations are seen as a conservation victory. These cute, charismatic marine mammals are rebounding from near extinction,…
July 3, 2020July 3, 2020 Ashley Marranzino
Behavior Biology deep sea

Hide-and-Go-Seek in the Deep Sea

In the deep sea off the coast of Antartica, sea urchins are getting crafty to avoid predation from king crabs.…
August 18, 2016 Derrick Alcott
Biology Conservation Coral Ecology

The importance of sea urchins

A look into Valeska’s graduate research. Why coral reefs depend on the long spined black sea urchin for survival.
April 6, 2016 Valeska Upham
Climate Change Ecology Seagrass

Kelps forced into hiding: Underwater forests troubled by warm oceans

Kelp forests are highly productive and diverse ecosystems found in cool coastal waters. A new study suggests that warmer waters…
October 10, 2015October 9, 2015 Derrick Alcott
Biology Climate Change

Can sperm cells make it in an acidified ocean?

Researchers in Australia investigated whether sea urchin sperm are going to make it through an acidified ocean or if they’ve…
May 6, 2015May 6, 2015 Erin McLean

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