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#Question id: 9195

Philippe Bouchet and colleagues conducted a massive survey of marine molluscs on the west coast of New Caledonia. For 20% of the total species that were located and identified, only a single specimen was found. What does that suggest about the diversity of molluscs in this area?

#Section 2: Evolution
  1. The west coast of New Caledonia is not an appropriate habitat for molluscs.
  2. Many of the species from this 20% are probably rare.
  3. They were not sampling uniformly throughout the area.
  4. Many of the species from this 20% are most likely just dispersing through the are
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#Question id: 12568

#Section 5: Applied Ecology & Evolution

Which of the following would a landscape ecologist consider in designing a nature reserve? 
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#Question id: 11176

#Section 1: Ecology

Species that reproduce once and then die are ______ species.
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#Question id: 11506

#Section 2: Evolution

A biologist discovers a new unicellullar organism that possesses more than two flagella and two small, but equal-sized, nuclei. The organism has reduced

mitochondria (mitosomes), no chloroplasts, and is anaerobic. To which clade does this organism probably belong?
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#Question id: 11352

#Section 4: Behavioural Ecology

Experimental removal of predatory typhlodromus mites from strawberry fields illustrated which of the following?
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#Question id: 3363

#Section 2: Evolution

An autosomal recessive condition affects 1 newborn in 100 in a random mating population without any disruptive acting force. What is the approximate expected frequency of carriers in this population?