Question

Guide to food chain (top to bottom): osprey, pike, perch, smelt, freshwater shrimp. Which population would show the quickest increase if perch were eliminated from the food chain ?
Responses
A pikepike
B smeltsmelt
C ospreyosprey
D freshwater shrimp

Answer 1

If perch were eliminated from the food chain, the population that would show the quickest increase would be the pike population (option A).