Question

Succession in a 6 metre deep pond exhibits a sequence of :

• A. Submerged Plants $\to$Reeds $\to$Herbs $\to$Floating Plants $\to$ Shrubs $\to$Trees
• B. Floating Plants $\to$Submerged Plants $\to$ Reeds $\to$Herbs$\to$ Shrubs $\to$Trees
• C. Shrubs$\to$Trees$\to$submerged Plants $\to$ Floating Plants $\to$ Reeds $\to$ Herbs
• D. Submerged Plants $\to$Floating Plants $\to$Reeds$\to$ Herbs$\to$Shrubs$\to$Trees.

Answer 1

The correct option is D Submerged Plants $\to$Floating Plants $\to$Reeds$\to$ Herbs$\to$Shrubs$\to$Trees.

Development of biotic organisms in a newly formed pond or lake is called hydrosere or hydrarch.

It starts as soon as the muddy water becomes clear. The stages includes

1. Phytoplankton stage

2. Submerged root stage

3. Floating root stage

4. Reeds stage

5. Herbs stage

6. Woodland stage

7. Forest stage