Question

How would removing all decomposers from an ecosystem affect the cycling of nutrients? (1 point)
Nutrients would quickly circulate faster
Plant growth would become more robust
Ecosystem energy would increase dramatically
Nutrients would get trapped in dead organisms instead of being cycled back into the ecosystem

Answer 1

Nutrients would get trapped in dead organisms instead of being cycled back into the ecosystem.

Without decomposers, organic matter wouldn't be broken down into inorganic nutrients, so nutrients would remain locked in dead bodies and wastes and be unavailable to plants.