alleryRemoving Pisaster made over 10 prey species vanish. Why?
APredation by reef fishes
BLoss of their food supply
CAn outbreak of disease
DInterspecific competition
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Interspecific competition
Without the starfish keeping prey numbers down, competing invertebrates excluded one another.
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