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Take Two

Study: Whales serve as ocean's 'ecosystem engineers'

By Take Two Staff
Published Jul 9, 2014
Three humpback whales surge upward, gulping the silvery anchovies that have been in abundance in Monterey Bay.

Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.

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Study: Whales serve as ocean's 'ecosystem engineers'

For a long time, great whales had only be thought of as docile, shy creatures. But we're finding out that these magnificent mammals actually play an important and crucial role in marine ecosystems.

Joe Roman, conservation biologist at the University of Vermont, joins Take Two to discuss.