Duckweed and Water Spangles were added as a floating-plant challenge to the Creeping Primrose Willow, but crayfish consumed them and the willow grew upward to shade them. The failed intervention showed how niche competition can reverse expectations in a living system.
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Filamentous macroalgae
Context
Filamentous macroalgae remains freshwater producer context.
Slough Crayfish
Context
Slough Crayfish remains grazing-pressure context; Duckweed/floating plants are the primary intervention subject.