Describe what the community structure might look like one year after the eruption and today.refer to picture On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens experienced a major eruption that had devastating effects on thelocal ecosystem. Prior to the eruption, the mountain had a series of earthquakes and steam-ventingepisodes, causing an injection of magma at shallow depths of the mountain on the north side. Thisresulted in the north side of the mountain giving way, allowing lava and rock to explode northwardstowards Spirit Lake and beyond. This leveled about 600 square kilometers (235 square miles) of forest.

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