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#Question id: 9242

Eutrophication is often caused by excess limiting-nutrient runoff from agricultural fields into aquatic ecosystems. This process results in massive algal blooms that eventually die and decompose, ultimately depleting the dissolved oxygen, killing large numbers of fish and other aquatic organisms. Predict which of the following human actions would best address the problem of eutrophication near agricultural areas?

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms

  1. After each eutrophication event, remove the dead fish and invertebrates to place on agricultural fields instead of fertilizer.

  2. Determine which limiting nutrient is responsible for the algal bloom, and use other fertilizers to apply to crops.

  3. Remove the algae before it dies and decomposes to prevent eutrophication from occurring.

  4. Determine critical nutrient loads required for certain crops, and do not exceed this amount during fertilizer application.

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#Question id: 10236

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Following figure represent fundamental and realized nich of species P and Q in gradient of temperature along sea shore. which of the following statement are correct? 


A) Fundamental niche of species P is greater than its realized nich

 B) Fundamental niche of species Q is greater than its realized nich

 C) Species Q is strong competitor than species P

 D) There is no effect on spaced occupied by Q in the presence or absence of species P
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#Question id: 10237

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Which of the following is the most logical conclusion about the distribution of the two species of barnacle, Chthamalus and Balanus?

 
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#Question id: 10238

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

The diagram below shows the frequency distribution of two closely related bird species based on their resource use in sympatric. Which one of the following phenomena most appropriately explains the change in frequency distributions of species 1 and 2 in the figure given above?
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#Question id: 10241

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

In an Asian rice paddy, carp eat decaying material from around the base of rice plants while a snail scrapes algae from the leaves, stems, and roots of the same plant. They can survive at the same time in the same rice paddy because they
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#Question id: 10247

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Deciduous oak habitats in southern Europe are superior to evergreen oak habitats from the perspective of the blue tit, a small songbird. As a result, blue tit populations in deciduous oak habitats have more potential for __________ and serving as __________ populations.
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#Question id: 12100

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Prairie dogs once covered the expanses of the Great Plains. Their grazing made the grass more nutritious for the huge herds of bison, and a variety of snakes, raptors, and mammals   preyed on the rodents. In fact, the black- footed ferret (now endangered) specialized in prairie dog predation. Today, growing housing and agricultural developments have covered many prairie dog towns. Which of the following statements about prairie dogs is true?