UF scientists find good places to grow long-spined sea urchins, a starting point to restore ‘the lawn mowers of the reefs’
Disease nearly wiped out the long-spined sea urchin in the early 1980s, leading to algae overgrowing reefs.
Disease nearly wiped out the long-spined sea urchin in the early 1980s, leading to algae overgrowing reefs.
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