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# No de Unidad: 2 Nombre de la asignatura: Ecolo$a Nombre del profesor(a): Guiller%o &illasana &el'()ue(. $&tulo: Margalef y 'ucesi%n (col%gica.

Introduction
In this essay well spoke about the importance of ecological sussesions and the contibutions of the professor Margalef made to understand the ecological sussesions i though without him our knowin about sussesions will be so poorly. e offered an inclusi!e and open"minded theory of ecosystem de!elopment that presents an important contrast to current dogma. #ur lack of understanding about succession is so profound that it is too soon to discount any single approach.

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)e!elopment
olists focus on changes in di!ersity* producti!ity* biomass* nutrient cycling efficiency and other ecosystem characteristics as well as the general directionality and predictability of successional tra+ectories that end in a single clima,. -lements belie!ed that in a gi!en climatic region* the endpoint of succession is predictable clima, !egetation. .eductionists emphasi/e disturbance* stochasticity* species life histories and species interactions* belie!ing that succession is a largely unpredictable conse0uence of each species uni0ue interactions with its abiotic and biotic en!ironments. Margalef wrote broadly about successional principles* searching for a predicti!e force that would e,plain such a per!asi!e phenomenon. Ironically* his background in plankton research predisposed him to a fairly narrow !iew of succession. $his bias both aided and frustrated his aim for generali/ation. $he relati!e simplicity of plankton succession compared to terrestrial plant benthic communities. e illustrated his idea that information accumulates as succession proceeds by the increase during succession of the di!ersity of pigments in phytoplankton. Margalef saw succession as a process of self"organi/ation* in which entropy decreases as each se0uential state is influenced progressi!ely less by the en!ironment and more influenced by biotic actions. 'elf"organi/ation stops when fluctuations in the en!ironment become unpredictable or insurmountable. #ne of Margalefs uni0ue contributions was the concept that the amount of information* both li!ing and inanimate* increases during succession. Information can be defined !ariously as energy* biomass or structure* and gets transferred to later stages from earlier stages in a process Margalef called e,ploitation. $hat occurs because later stages store more energy at less cost than do earlier stages. In the last try to arri!e more concepts he adopted a more wide e,pectati!e who characteri/ed his pre!iously works e also acknowledged the !ariable roles

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competition and species life histories ha!e in successional dynamics* noting the different responses of young !ersus old indi!iduals to the changing successional en!ironment. $his !ariety can lead to what he called micro"successions within a changing landscape. 1ll of these details biomass ratios were the most likely dri!ers of succession* and emphasi/ed the strong link between e!olution and succession.

-onclusion
In conclusion I think that without Margalefs ideas and theories our knowledge will be so poorly. e ilustred the ecology world with his studies of sussesions. e opened more doors to others scientists.

2ibliography
3. .. 4alker* Margalef y 'ucesi%n (col%gica* (cosistemas* 5667* n8m. 9* p. 6.

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