The Plankton Paradox
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The competitive exclusion principle predicts that there would just be a few species of plankton, but instead there are thousands. • LEARN MORE • ************** • To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: • Competitive Exclusion Principle: The idea that two similar species cannot inhabit the same ecological niche. • Phytoplankton: Microscopic flora that drift with the ocean currents. • Lotka-Volterra Competitive Equations: A simple model of the population dynamics of species competing for the same resources. • SUPPORT MINUTEEARTH • ************************** • If you like what we do, you can help us!: • Become our patron: / minuteearth • Share this video with your friends and family • Leave us a comment (we read them!) • CREDITS • ********* • David Goldenberg | Script Writer, Narrator and Director • Arcadi Garcia i Rius | Illustration, Video Editing and Animation • Nathaniel Schroeder | Music • MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC • https://neptunestudios.info • OUR STAFF • ************ • Sarah Berman • Arcadi Garcia i Rius • David Goldenberg • Julián Gustavo Gómez • Melissa Hayes • Alex Reich • Henry Reich • Peter Reich • Ever Salazar • Leonardo Souza • Kate Yoshida • OUR LINKS • ************ • Youtube | / minuteearth • TikTok | / minuteearth • Twitter | / minuteearth • Instagram | / minute_earth • Facebook | / minuteearth • Website | https://minuteearth.com • Apple Podcasts| https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... • • REFERENCES • ************** • Scheffer, M., Rinaldi, S., Huisman, J. et al. (2003) Why plankton communities have no equilibrium: solutions to the paradox. Hydrobiologia 491, 9–18. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024404804748 • Nicholas R. Record, Andrew J. Pershing, Frédéric Maps (2014) The paradox of the “paradox of the plankton”, ICES Journal of Marine Science, Volume 71, Issue 2,Pages 236–240. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fst049 • Harden, Garrett. (1960). The Competitive Exclusion Principle. Science. 131. 3409 (1292-1297). Retrieved from: https://www.esf.edu/efb/schulz/semina... • Shovonlal Roy, J. Chattopadhyay, (2007) Towards a resolution of ‘the paradox of the plankton’: A brief overview of the proposed mechanisms. Ecological Complexity, Volume 4, Issues 1–2 (26-33). Retrieved from: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... • Susan Harrison, Howard Cornell and Kara A. Moore (2010) Spatial niches and coexistence: testing theory with tarweeds. Ecology, Vol. 91, No. 7 pp. 2141-2150 Retrieved from: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25680467
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