Factoid/2004/01/07
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Beach Grooming Can Be Detrimental to the Beach's Ecological Health
- "Waves also provide larger inputs to the food chain in the form of seaweeds and seagrasses. These macrophytes tend to flourish in shallow, coastal waters and are regularly deposited near the high water mark of the beach. Not only does this provide an additional source of food for residents of the beach community, it also indirectly supports the foraging activities of predators like seabirds, reptiles, and mammals which depend on beaches as a location for feeding. This is one reason why beach grooming practices that remove these seaweeds may be detrimental to the ecological health of the system." - excerpt from Surfrider Foundation's Making Waves publication at http://www.surfrider.org/makingwaves/makingwaves19-6/8-9.asp
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