In their tests of the extension of the intermediate disturbance hypothesis in a New England salt marsh, Hacker and Gaines found that in the low intertidal zone, physiological stress was _______ and species diversity was _______.
A) high; low
B) high; high
C) low; high
D) low; low

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In the low intertidal zone, physiological stress is high due to factors like salinity and waterlogging, leading to low species diversity.

In Their Tests of the Extension of the Intermediate Disturbance