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News Release 10-090
The Great Pond Experiment: Regional vs. Local Biodiversity
Seven-year experiment shows that pond communities bear a lasting imprint of random events in their past
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Aquatic insects were among the animals studied in a seven-year pond experiment.
Credit: State of Texas
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Experimental ponds: upper left is low productivity pond, others are high productivity ponds.
Credit: Jon Chase
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Scientists collect samples from the pond array.
Credit: Jon Chase
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A thriving pond in the experimental pond line-up.
Credit: Jon Chase
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The ecosystem of a pond includes a wide variety of plant and animal species.
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Dragonflies flitted from pond to pond in the 'great pond experiment.'
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The researcher's findings appear in the May 28, 2010 issue of the journal Science.
Credit: Copyright AAAS 2010
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