Sea otter populations were reduced by overhunting, allowing an overgrowth of one of their prey animals, the ____,

which subsequently consumed and decimated ____.populations.



a. crabs; shrimp
b. abalone; algae
c. sea urchin; kelp
d. harbor seals; fish
e. crab; kelp


ANSWER: c

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