Food Webs, Like the One in the Figure Below, Help

question 42

Multiple Choice

Food webs, like the one in the figure below, help biologists predict the impact to a community that changes in species abundance might produce.
After studying the food web above, select a reasonable outcome following the complete disappearance of leopard seals.

• A) Killer whales may decline since they eat leopard seals
• B) Chilean seas bass may increase since one of their primary predators is gone.
• C) Baleen whales will increase as more krill becomes available
• D) Sperm whales may decline as squid become less abundant.

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