Answer: Seral stage
Explanation:
The seral community commonly known as sere. It is an intermediate stage which is found during the ecological succession in an ecosystem.
This is an intermediate stage that comes before every stage of ecological succession advancing towards its climax community.
It starts with the pioneer species and keeps on evolving until climax community is attained.
Hence, the correct answer is option C
Darwin was spurred to finally publish his theory of natural selection by the writings of C. WALLACE
Darwin was writing up his theory in 1858 when he received an essay from Alfred Russel Wallace, who was in Borneo, describing Wallace's own theory of natural selection. Joint publication of Darwin's essay together with Wallace's paper was immediately prompted but received little notice from the public.
The public's disregard of their work spurred Darwin to write an abstract of his work which was published in 1859 as his book "On the Origin of Species".
The bivalve that was a keystone in Iowa, making sure the water stayed clean and filtered, is shellfish.
<h3>What are shellfish?</h3>
Shellfish is a term used to describe the fishes that have exoskeleton and are used to eat.
The shellfish is divided into two groups:
- Crustaceans: shrimp, prawn, lobster, etc
- Molluscan/ bivalves: oysters, clams, mussels, etc.
So, the molluscan are believed to keep the water bodies clean
Thus, the keystone species is shellfish.
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