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Re: How Did Hadrosaurs Survive? (Was: Hadrosaur "mummy" questions)

To: Jordan Mallon <j_mallon@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: How Did Hadrosaurs Survive? (Was: Hadrosaur "mummy" questions)
From: John Bois <jbois@umd5.umd.edu>
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 09:42:53 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: dinosaur@usc.edu
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On Fri, 25 Oct 2002, Jordan Mallon wrote:

> Oceanic ecosystems, for example, tend to have a 
> greater biomass as far as predators are concerned, relative to prey (namely, 
> plankton).  The thing is, plankton have such a high reproductive rate that 
> they are able to keep their numbers fairly constant.

Ha!  I was going to say that.  However, by "prey" here, you mean
photosynthetic plankton, right?

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- Re: How Did Hadrosaurs Survive? (Was: Hadrosaur "mummy" questions)
  - From: "Jordan Mallon" <j_mallon@hotmail.com>

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