Use the Figures to Answer the Following Question

question 41

Multiple Choice

Use the figures to answer the following question.

In the hypothesis that Chthamalus stellatus (a species of barnacle) is competitively excluded from the lower intertidal zone by Balanus balanoides (another species of barnacle) , what could be concluded about the two species?

• A) The fundamental and realized niches of B. balanoides and C. stellatus are identical.
• B) The fundamental and realized niches of B. balanoides and C. stellatus are different.
• C) The fundamental and realized niches of B. balanoides are different, but the fundamental and realized niches of C. stellatus are identical.
• D) The fundamental and realized niches of B. balanoides are identical, but the fundamental and realized niches of C. stellatus are different.

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