ScienceDaily reported on a study co-authored by Robert Steneck, a professor of oceanography, marine biology and marine policy at the University of Maine, about the effects of predator loss and climate change on the devastation of living reefs in Alaskan kelp forests. According to the report, the red alga Clathromorphum nereostratum built the limestone reefs, read more ScienceDaily reports on Steneck’s study about reef disappearance in Alaskan kelp forests