Assertion: sea otter | /r/HasProperty | a keystone species
Facets:
value: in the kelp forest ecosystem
type: LOCATION
value: within kelp forests
type: LOCATION
value: in this manner
type: MANNER
value: generally
type: DEGREE
value: in many locations
type: LOCATION
value: in these communities
type: LOCATION
value: rightly
type: MANNER
value: because of their critical role
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: Sea otters are a keystone species and play a critical role in the food web of the kelp forest, so much so that even terrestrial species are influenced by sea otter activity.
text: Sea Otters Are Keystone Predators
text: Sea otters are a keystone predator in the nearshore food web of the north Pacific Rim (Estes and Duggins, 1995).
text: Sea Otters are considered a "keystone species", meaning they have a larger impact on the environment than many other animals.
text: Sea otters are ‘’keystone species” because of their critical role in maintaining the health and stability of the nearshore marine ecosystems.
text: Sea otters have a profound impact on the coastal habitats which is why they are rightly known as keystone species.
text: Inhabiting the Pacific coasts of Russia, British Columbia, Washington, California, Oregon, and Russia (where it's most stable population exists), the sea otter is known as a keystone species.
text: Sea Otters are referred to as keystone species, meaning that they play a very important role in their environment and without the sea otter the community would collapse.
text: Sea otters are a keystone species, meaning their role in their environment has a greater effect than other species.
text: The sea otter (Enhydra lutris) is a keystone species in the kelp forest ecosystem found along parts of North America's Pacific coast.
text: Sea otters are a keystone species, meaning their role in their environment has a greater effect than other species.
text: In California's Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary the sea otter is a keystone species in the kelp forest ecosystem.
text: Sea otters are generally considered to be a keystone species in these communities.
text: Sea otters also help keep the ocean healthy, in part because they are a keystone species in many locations.
text: In California's Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary the sea otter is a keystone species in the kelp forest ecosystem.
text: Sea otters are a keystone species, which means their presence or absence has a huge impact on their environment.
text: Sea otters are a keystone species meaning their role in their environment has a greater effect than other species.
text: The sea otter (Enhydra lutris) is a keystone species in the kelp forest ecosystem found along parts of North America's Pacific coast.
text: Sea otters are a keystone species, keeping invasive animals like sea urchins in check; now that the otters are disappearing, sea urchins are destroying kelp forests, which in turn means that fish that like to hide in kelp forests have to find new homes.
text: Sea otters are a ‘keystone species’ within kelp forests, maintaining the balance in the food web between kelp and sea urchins, allowing the forests to thrive.
text: In this manner, sea otters are keystone predators in the kelp forests where they live.
text: Sea otters are a keystone predator because they can have significant direct and indirect effects on nearshore ecosystems (Estes and Palmisano, 1974; Estes and Duggins, 1995).
text: Sea Otters are considered a keystone species, because they keep in check (by eating) the sea urchins that devour kelp (they also “help” mitigate global warming).