In Connell's classic study of barnacles, two species, Species A and Species B, can both survive on the lower rocks of the intertidal, but only Species B actually does so. Species A lives in a higher zone. How did Connell explain this distribution?

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10 November, 07:43

In Connell's classic study of barnacles, two species, Species A and Species B, can both survive on the lower rocks of the intertidal, but only Species B actually does so. Species A lives in a higher zone. How did Connell explain this distribution?

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Janelle French · Answer 1

Inter specific competition

Explanation:

This is usually a situation where two or more species coexist with the same requirement struggle for a common requisite which indirectly affects the distribution of species in its local ecosystem.