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Coral reef ecology

the idea that reef fish species coexist because vacant space goes to whichever larva arrives first, so no species holds a lasting advantage.

In coral reef ecology, lottery hypothesis refers to the idea that reef fish species coexist because vacant space goes to whichever larva arrives first, so no species holds a lasting advantage. This meaning comes from Sale (1977) in The American Naturalist.[1]

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References

Sale, P. F. (1977). Maintenance of High Diversity in Coral Reef Fish Communities. The American Naturalist, 111(978), 337-359. https://doi.org/10.1086/283164

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