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Species choked and blended

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The appearance of new ecological niches propels the evolution of species, but the converse can also occur. A study shows that changing lake habitats have caused extinctions and reduced the genetic differences between species. See Article p.357

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Figure 1: Loss of fish biodiversity through eutrophication.

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  1. Jeffrey S. McKinnon is in the Department of Biology and North Carolina Center for Biodiversity, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 27858, USA.,

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  2. Eric B. Taylor is in the Department of Zoology, Beaty Biodiversity Research Centre and Museum, and the Native Fishes Research Group, University of British Columbia, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada.,

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