The nearshore rocky reefs of the Santa Barbara Channel are dynamic places, with populations of fish, mollusks, algae and other assorted sea life shifting in response to currents, storms and a variety of other conditions. They wax and wane, typically returning to some sort of baseline composition — a kind of standard demographic — after disturbances temporarily disrupt the neighborhood, and then subside.
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Source: ScienceDaily