alleryStart learning →Without decomposition, what would happen in an ecosystem?
AProducers would increase
BDead matter would pile up
COxygen would rise
DSoil would enrich
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Dead matter would pile up
Decomposers recycle nutrients, so if they were absent dead organic matter would accumulate and nutrients and carbon dioxide would run short.
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