Question

Select the correct sequence of succession in a pond

• A. Submerged plants $\to$ Floating plants $\to$ Reed swamp stage $\to$ Sedges
• B. Floating plants $\to$ Submerged plants $\to$ Reed swamp stage $\to$ Sedges
• C. Reed swamp stage $\to$ Sedges $\to$ Floating plants $\to$ Submerged plants
• D. Sedges $\to$ Reed swamp stage $\to$ Floating plants $\to$ Submerged plants

Answer 1

The correct option is A Submerged plants $\to$ Floating plants $\to$ Reed swamp stage $\to$ Sedges

Series of biotic communities that develop in a newly formed pond or lake is called hydrosere. Various seral stages of hydrosere are:

Planktons (Phytoplanktons and zooplanktons) → rooted submerged hydrophytes → free → floating hydrophytes → reed swamps → sedges or marsh-meadow stage → woodland or scrub stage → climax forest.

So, the correct answer is 'Submerged plants → Floating plants → Reed swamp stage → Sedges'.