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The Importance of Competitive Interactions Within Stream Populations and Communities

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Stream Ecology

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Of the ecological factors that shape populations and communities, competition holds a prominent position. As ecology seeks to gain predictive power as a growing science, it will become increasingly important to know what role competitive interactions play in producing patterns within natural populations and communities. In this review, I consider some of the evidence suggesting the relative importance of such competitive interactions within stream ecosystems, emphasizing studies of stream Invertebrates. Though rigorous studies of such processes are few, I will conclude that the role of competition in these ecosystems has been underestimated. I suggest some of the fruitful paths towards a better understanding of this process, and consider the broader role of competition relative to other processes which organize stream benthic communities.

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Hart, D.D. (1983). The Importance of Competitive Interactions Within Stream Populations and Communities. In: Barnes, J.R., Minshall, G.W. (eds) Stream Ecology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3775-1_6

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