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    Succession

    Primary Succession
    The
    The establishment
    establishment and
    and development
    development of
    of
    an
    an ecosystem
    ecosystem inin an
    an area
    area that
    that was
    was
    previously
    previously uninhabited
    uninhabited

    Grasses
    Lichens Large
    And Large
    and shrubs and
    small trees
    mosses small trees
    shrubs
    Surtsey: A Case Study
    The island of Surtsey formed by volcanic
    eruption off of the coast of Iceland
    during the period from 1963 - 1967
    Surtsey Post Eruption
    Surtsey Today
    Secondary Succession
    The recovery of a damaged ecosystem
    in an area where the soil was left intact

    Fireweed Sequoia seedling


    Case Study: Yellowstone National Park
    1988 Devastating forest fires burn
    much of Yellowstone National Park.

    Photo: National Parks Service


    Yellowstone
    National
    Park
    1988 Park map
    showing areas
    (1.6 million acres)
    burned by the
    series of fires.
    Yellowstone National Park
    1988 fires The immediate aftermath.

    Photo: National Parks Service


    Yellowstone
    National Park
    One year after the
    fires
    Note the appearance
    of fireweed

    Photo: National Parks Service


    Yellowstone National Park
    Ten years after the fires (1998)

    Photo: National Parks Service


    Yellowstone National Park
    Twenty years after the fires (2008)
    Case Study - Chernobyl

    In April, 1986, a
    nuclear power plant in
    the former USSR
    experienced a core
    meltdown and a
    catastrophic release
    of radioactivity into
    the environment.
    Chernobyl
    Surrounding
    towns and
    villages had to
    be immediately,
    permanently
    abandoned.
    Chernobyl Twenty Years Later
    Chernobyl Twenty Years Later

    Pripyat town square.


    Chernobyl Twenty Years Later

    Pripyat Soccer Stadium opened in 1986.


    Chernobyl Twenty Years Later

    A local highway.

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