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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.

2 answers

i think it would be D
Star -- D is wrong!!!

Andrew is right. The answer is B.
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