<p><img src='https://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/Killiii Yuyan_Otter Crab One_274102741_84.jpg' width='84' height='63' alt='A sea otter eats a crab in Elkhorn Slough near Monterey Bay, California' border='0' align='left' /></p><p>A sea otter eats a marsh crab in Elkhorn Slough, an estuary on Monterey Bay in California. A study suggests the recolonization of otters has significantly slowed erosion of creekbanks and marsh edges by controlling the population of crabs, which eat roots and dig into soil.
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A sea otter eats a marsh crab in Elkhorn Slough, an estuary on Monterey Bay in California. A study suggests the recolonization of otters has significantly slowed erosion of creekbanks and marsh edges by controlling the population of crabs, which eat roots and dig into soil.
[Research supported …
This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item.