Question

The following image is a food web in an aquatic ecosystem. What two possible consequences will an increased population of smaller fish lead to? decreased producers decreased primary consumers decreased secondary consumers increased producers increased primary consumers

Answer 1

The two possible consequences are increased producers and increased primary consumers for an increased population of smaller fish. If the population of smaller fish is increased, the population of primary consumers will increase by 10 times of smaller fish and producers will increase by 10 times of primary consumers.

Answer 2

Answer: The producers will increase and primary consumers will decrease.

The producers of the marine ecosystem are the blue green algae, plankton, et cetera that produces food for the primary and secondary consumers.

The small fishes lie into the category of secondary consumers and eats the primary consumers that why its number will decrease.

As the primary consumers will decrease the producers will increase.