Biological Communities May Show a Highly Predictable and Interrelated Structure

question 66

Multiple Choice

Biological communities may show a highly predictable and interrelated structure, or alternatively, the individual species may appear to operate independently. If a researcher were to set up many identical sterilized ponds in the same area and allowed them to be colonized, which result would support the idea that species operate independently?

• A) Identical plankton communities will develop in all ponds.
• B) Similar plankton communities will develop in all ponds.
• C) Different plankton communities will develop in all ponds.
• D) Limited plankton communities will develop in all ponds.

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