Shell-Crushing Predators

question 5

Multiple Choice

Shell-crushing predators

• A) Are abundant on the Antarctic shallow shelf and suppress shell bearing benthos
• B) Are generally absent from the Antarctic shelf
• C) Are common in the Antarctic shelf and have selected for a benthic fauna of thick-shelled mollusks
• D) Have recently invaded the Antarctic shelf and have eliminated shell bearing local benthos

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