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#Question id: 29079


You observed the two species of barnacles, P. aurelia and P. caudatum, occupy upper and lower strata of intertidal rocks, respectively. Only when P. caudatum was removed by you from the lowers strata, P. aurelia could occupy both the upper and lower strata. From the choice given below what would be your inference from these observations.

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles
  1. Upper strata of intertidal rocks is the realised niche of the P. aurelia
  2. Upper strata of intertidal rocks is the fundamental niche of the P. aurelia
  3. P. aurelia and P. caudatum exhibit mutualism
  4. P. aurelia can compete out P. caudatum