× Didn't find what you were looking for? Ask a question
Top Posters
Since Sunday
w
5
a
3
j
2
a
2
t
2
u
2
r
2
j
2
j
2
l
2
d
2
y
2
Home Q & A Board Biology-Related Homework Help General Biology
New Topic  
nika nika
wrote...
Posts: 700
Rep: 0 0
6 years ago
Barnacles and mussels compete with each other for space on the rocky intertidal. What type of interaction exists between these two species? If you knew that mussels are capable of occupying all available space in the rocky intertidal then what would happen to the barnacles? What keeps mussels from crowding out barnacles throughout the entire intertidal zone?
 
  What will be an ideal response?
Read 69 times
1 Reply

Related Topics

Replies
wrote...
#1
6 years ago
Mussels and barnacles show interspecific competition for space in the rocky intertidal. If mussels were unhampered, they would eliminate the barnacles from the intertidal in what is called competitive exclusion. Mussels don't completely eliminate barnacles because predators keep mussel populations within narrow limits, and because mussels are relatively intolerant to exposure, so barnacles can occupy the upper reaches of the intertidal.
New Topic      
Quick Reply
Explore
Post your homework questions and get free online help from our incredible volunteers
  1425 People Browsing
 107 Signed Up Today
Start New Topic Take the Tour CoursesNew Study Tools Topics Trending Browse by Textbook
Related Images
  
 319
  
 4373
  
 920
Your Opinion
Who will win the 2024 president election?
Votes: 119
Closes: November 4
Previous poll results: What's your favorite math subject?