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Plankton ecology

the puzzle of how many phytoplankton species coexist on few limiting resources in a seemingly uniform environment, contrary to competitive exclusion.

In plankton ecology, paradox of the plankton refers to the puzzle of how many phytoplankton species coexist on few limiting resources in a seemingly uniform environment, contrary to competitive exclusion. This meaning comes from Hutchinson (1961) in The American Naturalist.[1]

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  1. Hutchinson, G. E. (1961). The Paradox of the Plankton. The American Naturalist, 95(882), 137-145. https://doi.org/10.1086/282171

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