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  4. 0n the rocky sea coasts of Scotland, the larger and competitively superior barnacle Balanus dominates the intertidal area and excludes the smaller barnacle Chathamalus from that zone. Which kind of interaction is being depicted by this example ?

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Q. 0n the rocky sea coasts of Scotland, the larger and competitively superior barnacle Balanus dominates the intertidal area and excludes the smaller barnacle Chathamalus from that zone.
Which kind of interaction is being depicted by this example ?

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Solution:

Competition keeps the population of inferior species under check. Superior barnacle, Balanus, nearly excluded the smaller barnacle, Chathamalus. But if Balanus population is reduced, competition is released and Chathamalus population increases.