Sea urchins destroy reef building algae in overfished sites on Kenya's coast

Friday, January 14, 2011 - 17:31 in Biology & Nature

An 18-year study of Kenya's coral reefs has found that overfished reef systems have more sea urchins -- organisms that in turn eat coral algae that build tropical reef systems.

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