The Deep-Sea Soft-Bottom Food Chain Is: ____

question 6

Multiple Choice

The deep-sea soft-bottom food chain is: ____.

• A) infauna → meiofauna → bacteria
• B) bacteria → meiofauna → infauna
• C) meiofauna → bacteria → infauna
• D) meiofauna → infauna → bacteria

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