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How extinct #StellersSeaCow shaped #KelpForests
https://phys.org/news/2022-11-reveal-extinct-steller-sea-cow.htmlImpact of the #extinct megaherbivore Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas) on kelp forest resilience https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2022.983558/full
One of the more important and surprising findings was that including the Steller's sea cow in the model resulted in a totally different type of #KelpForest. Instead of kelp-dominated... it resulted in more of a balance between #kelp and #algae as more sunlight would have reached the sea floor.
