Using the food web pictured below, answer the following question. What would happen to the mussel population of if there was an increase in the lake whitefish population? Food Web sea lampreys -walleyes lake whitefish amphipods yellow perch cyclopoids mayflies ↑ mussels zooplankton phytoplankton

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Using the food web pictured below,
answer the following question. What
would happen to the mussel
population of if there was an increase
in the lake whitefish population?
Food Web
sea lampreys
-walleyes
lake
whitefish
amphipods
yellow
perch
cyclopoids
mayflies
↑
mussels
➜zooplankton
phytoplankton
Transcribed Image Text:Using the food web pictured below, answer the following question. What would happen to the mussel population of if there was an increase in the lake whitefish population? Food Web sea lampreys -walleyes lake whitefish amphipods yellow perch cyclopoids mayflies ↑ mussels ➜zooplankton phytoplankton
The mussels population would
increase exponentially.
Nothing would happen to the
mussels.
O Mussels would cause the
phytoplankton population to
decrease.
There would be a decrease in
the mussel population.
Transcribed Image Text:The mussels population would increase exponentially. Nothing would happen to the mussels. O Mussels would cause the phytoplankton population to decrease. There would be a decrease in the mussel population.
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