Coral Reef Fact: December 31, 2010-Long-spined sea urchin

Reef Fact:

In 1983-84 a region-wide die-off of the Long-spined sea urchin, Diadema antillarum, (a key herbivore on Florida’s coral reefs) resulted in a loss in coral cover.

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