In Paine's Demonstration of How Removing the Top Predator in an Intertidal

question 27

Multiple Choice

In Paine's demonstration of how removing the top predator in an intertidal food web leads to lower species diversity, the top predator was a(n)

• A) sea star.
• B) mussel of the genus Mytilus.
• C) acorn barnacle.
• D) minnow.

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