Which of the following statements are correct for primary succession in water?
(i) The pioneers species are the small phytophanktons.
(ii) Phytoplanktons are replaced with time by rooted floating hydrophytes.
(iii) Rooted submerged hydrophytes replaced with rooted-floating angiosperm, free-floating angiosperms then by sedges, grasses and finally the trees.
(iv) The climax community would be a forest.
(v) With time the water body s converted into land.
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Primary succession in water starts with phytoplanktons and progresses through hydrophyte stages like submerged and floating plants.
Over time, silt and organic matter accumulate, converting the water body into land with a forest as the climax community.
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