Regrowth of kelp after removal of sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis)

• Main Authors: Carlsson, Pernilla Marianne, Christie, Hartvig C
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Norsk institutt for vannforskning 2019
• Subjects: Kråkeboller; Sea urchins; Nord-Norge; Northern Norway; Tarehøsting; Kelp harvesting; Tare; Kelp; VDP::Matematikk og naturvitenskap: 400; VDP::Mathematics and natural scienses: 400; Carlsson; Niva; Norway; Tromsø; Troms
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2631065

Project manager Pernilla Carlsson With few natural predators, green sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis) have grown in numbers, grazed down large kelp forest areas in Northern Norway into urchin barrens. NIVA deployed three underwater cages outside Tromsø, Northern Norway during Autumn 20...