Question

food chains are models that show how organisms in an ecosystem can get their food. you can use a food chain to predict how populations of organisms will affect one another. this food chain shows organisms in a freshwater ecosystem. macroalgae midge larva brown trout great cormorant use the food chain to complete the text below. if the population of great cormorants decreases, brown trout will have predators. if this happens, brown trout will be likely to survive and produce offspring.

Explanation:

In a food chain, if the population of a predator (great cormorants) decreases, the prey (brown trout) will have fewer predators. Fewer predators mean less predation pressure, so the brown trout are more likely to survive and reproduce.

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