patial scales are interconnected in a hierarchical way. Whitman looked at invertebrate communities on subtidal rock walls to examine the relationship between local and regional species richness. His studies demonstrated that      A. local, not regional, processes determine local community species diversity   B. local species richness levels off at high regional species richness levels    C. local species richness is determined largely, but not completely, by regional species pools   D. local processes are unimportant in determine local community species diversity    E. There was no relationship between local and regional species richness

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Spatial scales are interconnected in a hierarchical way. Whitman looked at invertebrate communities on subtidal rock walls to examine the relationship between local and regional species richness. His studies demonstrated that 

 

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local, not regional, processes determine local community species diversity

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local species richness levels off at high regional species richness levels 

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local species richness is determined largely, but not completely, by regional species pools

  D.

local processes are unimportant in determine local community species diversity 

  E.

There was no relationship between local and regional species richness 

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