In his 1961 paper "The Paradox of the Plankton," ecologist G. E. Hutchinson noted that several species of algae coexist, sharing the same few mineral nutrient resources in homogeneous open-water systems
Because there is little chance of resource partitioning and niche differentiation in such a situation, the paradox of their coexistence is an apparent violation of
A) Darwin's theory of evolution by means of natural selection.
B) the law of mass action.
C) the second law of thermodynamics.
D) the climax theory of succession.
E) the competitive exclusion principle.
E
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