Refer to the Figure

question 73

Multiple Choice

Refer to the figure. Based on information in the figure, the best conclusion that can be drawn about the effect of removing a top predator from an ecosystem is that the removal will cause

• A) more species to decline than to increase.
• B) more species to increase than to decline.
• C) changes in food web structure that vary with the ecosystem.
• D) greater changes to food webs where the predator has been gone longer.
• E) food web changes that always involve primary producers.

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