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Contact: Shelly Leachman
shelly.leachman@ia.ucsb.edu
805-893-8726
University of California - Santa Barbara
Caption: An urchin barren, pictured, is the result of unchecked population growth among sea urchins, causing destructive and widespread grazing of kelp forests.
Credit: Ron H. McPeak/UC Regents*
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