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Herring primarily feed on plankton, small fish, and other marine organisms, rather than sea urchins. Their diet consists mostly of small crustaceans and fish larvae. While herring may occasionally consume a variety of small invertebrates, sea urchins are not a significant part of their diet.
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Why might an overfishing of herring lead to an increase in populations of sea urchins?
An overfishing of herring can disrupt the food chain and remove a key predator of sea urchins. With fewer herring to feed on sea urchins, their populations can increase unchecked leading to ecosystem imbalance and potentially to overgrazing on kelp forests where sea urchins feed.
How are sea urchins and kelp forests connected?
sea urchins eat kelp.
Are sea urchins predators?
No. Sea urchins are primary consumers and only eat sea weed, algae and kelp.
What animals do sea otters eat?
Sea Urchins
How do sea otters eat sea urchins?
Sea Otters find sea urchins on the ocean floor and break it open with a rock. It will then eat everything except the spines (the insides).
What do green sea urchins eat?
Green Sea Urchins eat plankton, algae, small fish, mussels, sponges, and brittle stars.
Do sharks eat sea urchins?
Yes
What do wolf fish eat?
sea urchins
What does a stoplight parrotfish eat?
sea urchins
Are sea otters secondary or primary consumers?
Sea otters are secondary consumers. This because sea urchins are primary and sea otters eat sea urchins.
Do sea otters eat sea urchins?
Yes they smash them on their chest with stones and eat the insides, which is also eaten by humans. If you ever eat Uni at a Sushi restaurant that is sea urchin
What does the sea urchins eat?
Sea urchins mainly eat algae and coral. However, they also are known to sometimes feed on decomposing matter such as dead fish.
