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How are sea urchins and kelp forests connected?
sea urchins eat kelp.
What are three examples of symbiotic relationships present in the kelp forest?
The kelp uses the sea urchins to keep it in check, from growing too much. However, the sea urchins eat kelp, so they destroy kelp growth. Also, sea otters eat urchins, and they live in the kelp forest.
Are sea urchins predators?
No. Sea urchins are primary consumers and only eat sea weed, algae and kelp.
Which whales eat Kelp?
Killer whales eat kelp from time to time. Other animals that eat kelp include sea otters and sea urchins.
What happens to kelp forests when sea urchins are not present in the ecosystem?
When sea urchins are not present in the ecosystem kelp forests thrive.
What food does sea urchin eat?
Sea urchins eat endlessly as long as there is food they are eating. They eat the algae growing in slat water tanks and the ocean.
Where do purple sea urchins live in nature?
Purple sea urchins live in close association with kelp forests. Kelp is their primary food.
What are the predators of bull kelp?
The predators of bull kelp are sea urchins.
What are examplres of consumers in the ocean?
Well there are a couple of types like the sea turtle, they eat kelp. So do sea urchins.
Do fish eat kelp?
Kelp does not eat, it is a plant, a producer. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunlight. It's a plant, not an animal. Kelp do not eat sunlight, and kelp is NOT a plant. Kelp makes its own food by a process called photosynthesis. Kelp is a protist from the kingdom of Protista, it is not a plant Good grief - kelp is a seaweed, not a protist. It is one of the brown algae, and indeed uses sunlight as the energy source to make its own food. Actually, it is a protist and it gets nutrients from photosynthesis. Yep, kelps are seaweeds, but they are actually from the Kingdom Protista (i.e. protists). They belong to the Class Phaeophyceae which are protists, not plants (although clearly, they are plant like). And yes, they photosynthesise.
Do sea urchins have predators?
Yes it does they are sea otters, crabs, and a type of fish.Yes it does they are sea otters, crabs, and a type of fish.
Where do urchins live?
Sea urchins live in the sea, rock pools, kelp forests, and coral reefs
