Question

exclusion of consumers (humans) from a chilean rocky shore resulted in which of the following? group of answer choices higher diversity because humans consumed a predator that ate dominant mussels lower diversity because humans harvested the competitively dominant species higher diversity because humans tend to eat a wide variety of organisms as food lower diversity because humans tend to promote high diversity in ecosystems

Answer 1

Exclusion of humans from a Chilean rocky shore would result in lower diversity because humans harvested the competitively dominant species.

Step-by-step explanation:

The exclusion of humans from a Chilean rocky shore would result in a lower diversity because humans harvested the competitively dominant species. When humans consume a predator that eats dominant mussels, the prey species, in this case, mussels, can thrive and dominate the ecosystem. Without human intervention, the balance would shift, leading to a decrease in overall diversity.