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Which of the following is the correct sequence of hydrarch succession?(a) Rooted-submerged plants → Rooted-floating angiosperms → Phytoplanktons → Marsh-meadowScrub → Forest(b) Phytoplanktons → Rooted-submerged plants → Rooted-floating angiosperms → Free-floating plants → Reed-swamp → Marsh-meadow → Scrub → Forest(c) Reed-swamp → Marsh-meadow → Scrub → Forest → Phytoplanktons → Rooted-submerged plants(d) Phytoplanktons → Rooted-submerged plants → Rooted-floating angiosperms → ForestMarsh-meadow → ScrubThe question was posed to me in a job interview.The doubt is from Ecosystem in section Ecosystem of Biology – Class 12

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The correct ANSWER is (b) Phytoplanktons → Rooted-submerged plants → Rooted-floating angiosperms → Free-floating plants → Reed-swamp → Marsh-meadow → Scrub → Forest

Easiest explanation: The sequence of successional stages OCCURRING in water is known as hydrarch succession or hydrosere. It MOSTLY starts from phytoplanktons and ends with the formation of a forest. The pioneering SPECIES grow with time leading to a formation of a climax community called a forest.



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