Without the presence of sea otters, sea urchins would otherwise overgraze kelp beds, dramatically changing the marine community of which the urchins and otters are a part. For this reason, sea otters are considered _____.

a parasite
an indicator species
a keystone species
a predator

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Without the presence of sea otters, sea urchins would otherwise overgraze kelp beds, dramatically changing the marine community of which the urchins and otters are a part. For this reason, sea otters are considered _____.

a parasite
an indicator species
a keystone species
a predator

HEYHEYHEY · Answer

A keystone species

HEYHEYHEY · Answer

If they were not there the population of urchins would go up and the kelp would go down.

HEYHEYHEY · Answer

hope this helps good luck

sylvester · Answer

I think it is keystone.  If they were not there the population of urchins would go up and the kelp would go down.

HEYHEYHEY · Answer

you honestly just straight up copied that of brainly lol

Dmoney23 · Answer

thank you