In Connell's experiment with upper and lower intertidal barnacles, the rock barnacle excluded the Poli's stellate barnacle from deeper water because
A) it was the better competitor for a limiting nutrient at that depth.
B) intraspecific competition was stronger than interspecific competition.
C) it could survive for long periods underwater.
D) it grew faster and pushed the stellate barnacle off the rock substrate.
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