A lesson from Darwin

(University of California - Santa Barbara) When British naturalist Charles Darwin traveled to the Galapagos Islands in 1835, he took notice of the giant kelp forests ringing the islands. He believed that if those forests were destroyed, a significant number of species would be lost. These underwater ecosystems, Darwin believed, could be even more important than forests on land.
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - Category: Biology Source Type: news
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