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Categories: Biological interactions, Planktology, Aquatic ecology, Biological oceanography, Paradoxes
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paradox of the plankton  Plankton paradox  the paradox of the plankton
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In aquatic biology, the paradox of the plankton describes the situation in which a limited range of resources supports an unexpectedly wide range of plankton species, apparently flouting the competitive exclusion principle, which holds that when two species compete for the same resource, one will be driven to extinction. Wikipedia
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In aquatic biology, the paradox of the plankton describes the situation in which a limited range of resources supports an unexpectedly wide range of plankton species, apparently flouting the competitive exclusion principle, which holds that when two species compete for the same resource, one will be driven to extinction. Wikipedia
Ecological observation of high plankton diversity despite competition for few resources Wikidata