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Elkhorn Slough researchers find sea otter population helps stop invasion of green crabs
Much of the Elkhorn Slough estuary was diked in the past to cut off tidal exchange and allow for farming in former wetlands. Many of these areas still have only limited tidal exchange today.
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How big is that estuary and why that’s important
ELKHORN SLOUGH ... helping protect and restore wetlands. It was led by local researchers who developed many of the techniques used in the project at Elkhorn Slough. “We had learned so much ...
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After Toxic Monterey Battery Fire, These Scientists Watch Over a Fragile Ecosystem
a naturalist with the Elkhorn Slough Safari boat tour operator. “And the otters really like to eat them.” The southern sea otter is one of 16 threatened and endangered species that make their home in ...