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Synecology – Niche Differentiation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2017

William I. Ausich
William I. Ausich*
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Department of Geology, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio 45435
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Crinozoans and Blastozoans typically occur in very diverse epifaunal suspension feeding communities. In Lower Mississippian rocks of Indiana, as many of 155 benthonic invertebrate species lived in a single community (Ausich, Kammer, & Lane, 1979; Lane, 1973, Ausich & Lane, 1980). How did so many species co-exist? According to current ecological literature each species should have occupied a separate niche. If so, what limiting factors controlled niche differentiation within these communities?

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Research Article
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Series in Geology, Notes for Short Course , Volume 3: Echinoderms: Notes for a Short Course , 1980 , pp. 59 - 72
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Copyright © 1980 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 

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