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Ecological succession after a disturbance usually takes hundreds of years in the Pacific Northwest. However, succession after the Mount St. Helens eruption in 1980 has progressed much more rapidly, because some plants and animals were in protected areas when the hot ash and pumice fell . What conclusion can you draw about the pace of succession from this example ?

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Explanation: So I would consider it as  Succession that begins in an area with no remnants of an older community is called primary succession. For example, in Mount Saint Helens, Washington, an erupting volcano decimated all nearby living organisms. Changes in this community will continue for centuries.