Ecosystems Are Based on Complex Interactions Between Communities

question 29

Multiple Choice

Ecosystems are based on complex interactions between communities. What are possible consequences from a disruption of these interactions?

• A) increases in pollution
• B) increases in biodiversity
• C) increases in extinctions
• D) decreases in pollution
• E) decreases in extinctions

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