Use the Figures to Answer the Following Question

question 9

Multiple Choice

Use the figures to answer the following question. In this experiment, Balanus balanoides (a species of barnacle) , was removed from the habitat shown on the left. Which of the following statements is consistent with the experimental results (see the diagram on the right) ?

• 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 C. stellatus are different.

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