We can confirm that the primary reason that killer whales cause deforestation of the seabed is due to a domino effect caused by one of their food sources.
Killer whales are carnivorous organisms. Among their prey are sea otters. This new source of food for killer whales began to cause a domino effect in that the decline in sea otter population caused the primary meal of the otters, that being sea urchins, to increase greatly in population. Given that the sea urchins feed on kelp, this contributes to the deforestation of the sea bed and the lack of kelp.
Therefore, we can confirm that killer whales cause deforestation of the seabed in an indirect manner by contributing to the increase in sea urchin populations that leads to deforestation of the seabed.
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