Question 9
Biologists recorded these interactions in a mangrove ecosystem:
M: Small groups of fish are part of the mullet’s diet.
N: Mullet release eggs under mangrove trees without added benefit to the trees.
O: Mullet form a major part of the egret’s diet.
P: A worm found in the mullet’s stomach may have come from bivalves.
Q: Marine worms feed on nutrient-rich mullet waste and produce detritus eaten by mullet.
R: Snapping shrimp feed on detritus from the mullet.
Choose the row ordered as Mutualism; Predation; Parasitism; Commensalism.
A. O,P; Q; N,R; M
B. M,Q; P,R; O; N
C. N; R; M; O,P,Q
D. Q; M,O; P; N,R
M: Small groups of fish are part of the mullet’s diet.
N: Mullet release eggs under mangrove trees without added benefit to the trees.
O: Mullet form a major part of the egret’s diet.
P: A worm found in the mullet’s stomach may have come from bivalves.
Q: Marine worms feed on nutrient-rich mullet waste and produce detritus eaten by mullet.
R: Snapping shrimp feed on detritus from the mullet.
Choose the row ordered as Mutualism; Predation; Parasitism; Commensalism.
A. O,P; Q; N,R; M
B. M,Q; P,R; O; N
C. N; R; M; O,P,Q
D. Q; M,O; P; N,R