{"id":1936,"date":"2019-07-02T10:01:52","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T17:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/aquaculture\/?p=1936"},"modified":"2019-07-02T10:18:07","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T17:18:07","slug":"sea-grant-combating-urchin-barrens-with-aquaculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/aquaculture\/2019\/07\/02\/sea-grant-combating-urchin-barrens-with-aquaculture\/","title":{"rendered":"Sea Grant: Combating Urchin Barrens with Aquaculture"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Combating urchin barrens with aquaculture<\/a><\/h6>\n

Author: Helaina Lindsey, Student, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories<\/p>\n

June 28, 2019<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"California\u2019s kelp forests are currently facing a major threat: deforestation.<\/p>\n

The root of this issue can be attributed to\u00a0small, spiny invertebrates \u2013 purple sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus<\/em>). When urchins do not face predation pressures, their populations multiply, and they devour the foundation of kelp forests. When too many urchins are present, they prevent growth of canopy forming kelp, turning a beautiful and diverse kelp forest into a wasteland \u2013 also known as an urchin barren. These barrens don\u2019t provide any of the benefits of a kelp forest, such as harboring endangered or commercially important species, sequestering carbon, preventing shoreline erosion, and oxygen production.\"<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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On the left, a vibrant California kelp forest. On the right, an urchin barren. Credit: NOAA<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Combating urchin barrens with aquaculture Author: Helaina Lindsey, Student, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories June 28, 2019 Excerpt: “California\u2019s kelp forests are currently facing a major threat: deforestation. The root of this issue can be attributed to\u00a0small, spiny invertebrates \u2013 purple sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus). When urchins do not face predation pressures, their populations multiply, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":192,"featured_media":1938,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external-news"],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"MLML Aquaculture Facility","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/aquaculture","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/aquaculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/aquaculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/aquaculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/aquaculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/192"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/aquaculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1936"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/aquaculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1951,"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/aquaculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1936\/revisions\/1951"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/aquaculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/aquaculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/aquaculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/aquaculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}