Kelp With Urchins: The Urchin Barrens

In many spots, urchins have devoured the bottom cover, leaving bare rock. These areas don't seem to be healthy for urchins either, because they are smaller than in areas with more abundant bottom life.

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[kat gwinn]

do you remember getting off the boat in brindisi and mom ate a sea urchin, raw, that had been cut in half? only yesterday i ate "unagi" and thought about that. lk