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

question 63

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 because they eat leopard seals.
• B)Chilean seas bass may increase because 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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