Rocky shore definitions

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H L D K I H I V K N O L O U X X G L N U G
V T S C W C N H K F N Y M W U F E K A J K
A V T V P C P L E I S T O C E N E D B Q U
V K S E E E G B R J K O B Q F E L M G L T
P R E E M P T I V E C O M P E T I T O N R
J C N W M V X M N P R E K I A H C O A B R
L E C I T H O T R O P H I C L A R V A E I
H G V G Y B I U L I K G N T D J Q N T G A
B X A M I I M V H D F H I R W A N T L A J
C T H V U O R A L J M Y X R X X R D T K F
A Q W D O V Q L X I F C W R T D V V N E N
Y D E O H D T P L W X K E A Q V G Y R P E
A X E F B I V Y I M A C R O F A U N A C U
Y R L T Q D X R R R O D H W A A F G Q I K
K R P E L A G I C L A R V A L S T A G E X
P L A N K T O T R O P H I C L A R V A E J
Y T M O M Q G P I A T Y Q I Y G P T O B B
F M N N W A H Q A F E E R H W W L H K R O
L V D M E I O F A U N A X E E C P U B L V
F S M F C A F L P W X S A V L C L I T B H
I Q E R Y U J N T R K V I W X E E T B B I

Clues

  • animals greater than 1mm in size (10)
  • animals smaller than 1mm (9)
  • competitor recruits to and dominates space (3, 7, 10)
  • larvae are free-swimming and fee-feeding (14, 6)
  • larvae are planktonic and use a yolk-sac for nurishment (14, 6)
  • the first epoch of the quaternary period (11)
  • time larvae spend in the water column before ettling (7, 6, 5)

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