Question

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.

I'm thinking B.

Answer 1

yes b is the correct answer

Answer 2

Right answer is the D.