NPR: In Hotter Climate, ‘Zombie’ Urchins Are Winning And Kelp Forests Are Losing

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Associated Publication: McPherson, M.L., D.J.I. Finger, H.F. Houskeeper, T.W. Bell, M.R. Carr, L. Rogers-Bennett, and R.M. Kudela. “Large-scale shift in the structure of a kelp forest ecosystem co-occurs with an epizootic and marine heatwave.” Communications Biology 4, no. 1 (March 2021): 298. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-01827-6.