Based on the Data That Follow, Which of the Following

question 38

Multiple Choice

Based on the data that follow, which of the following statements is FALSE?
$\begin{array}{c}\begin{array}{lll}\text{Seagrass Habitat}\\\text{Species}\\\\\text{green turtle}\\\text{dugong}\\\\\\\\\end{array}\begin{array}{lll}\text{}\\\text{N}\\\\3,000\\2,990\\\\\\\\\end{array}\begin{array}{lll}\text{African Plains}\\\text{Species}\\\\\text{wildebeest}\\\text{zebra}\\\text{hartebeest}\\\text{rhino}\\\text{gazelle}\\\end{array}\begin{array}{l}\\N \\\\1,000 \\200 \\250 \\18 \\2,000\\\end{array}\begin{array}{l}\text{Australian Grassland}\\\text{Species}\\\\\text{red kangaroo}\\\text{wallaby}\\\text{walleroo}\\\text{wombat}\\\text{gray kangaroo}\\\end{array}\begin{array}{l}\\\text{N}\\\\\text{1,000}\\\text{20}\\\text{2}\\\text{2}\\\text{6}\\\end{array}\end{array}$

• A) The seagrass habitat has the lowest species richness.
• B) The African plains and Australian grasslands have identical species richness.
• C) The rank abundance curves for the African plains and Australian grasslands data would have the same shape.
• D) The Australian grasslands have lower species evenness than the African plains.
• E) The seagrass habitat has the highest species evenness.

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