Use the Figures to Answer the Following Question

question 46

Multiple Choice

Use the figures to answer the following question. In this experiment, Balanus balanoids was removed from the habitat shown on the left, obtaining the results shown on the right.
Which of the following statements is supported by the results of this experiment?

• A) B. balanoids can survive only in the lower intertidal zone because it is unable to resist desiccation.
• B) B. balanoids is inferior to C. stellatus in competing for space on rocks lower in the intertidal zone.
• C) When the two species of barnacles compete with each other, both species still occupy low and high tide areas.
• D) Competition with B. balanoids prevented C. stellatus from occupying the lower tide region of its fundamental niche.

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