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Hydrosere Abiotic Factors
Explain how the changes in abiotic factors during a hydrosere control the changes in species that are present

A hyrdrosere is a plant succession which occurs in a fresh water lake. In time an area of open fresh water will dry out forming woodland. During a hydrosere there are many abiotic factors that change, which causes different species to inhabit the lake depending on the conditions they need to thrive and live successfully. There are many different stages that occur during a hyrdrosere the first stage introduces a pioneer species. A pioneer species is usually a community of hearty plants with adaptations such as long roots. The pioneer species colonise to the lake after the water warmed up to a certain temperature that was suitable

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