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An ecosystem contains the following food chain:
Phytoplankton --> shrimp --> copepods --> sunfish --> shark
Which of the following describes a likely change in this ecosystem if the shrimp population was depleted by fishing?
A. The copepod population would increase.
B. The shark population would decrease.**
C. The sunfish population would increase.
D. The phytoplankton population would decrease.
An ecosystem contains the following food chain:
Phytoplankton --> shrimp --> copepods --> sunfish --> shark
Which of the following describes a likely change in this ecosystem if the shrimp population was depleted by fishing?
A. The copepod population would increase.
B. The shark population would decrease.**
C. The sunfish population would increase.
D. The phytoplankton population would decrease.
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