Question

Assume that a new parasite that infests blue crabs is introduced into the hudson river, decimating blue crab populations. look at the structure of this simplified open-water food web, then drag the labels to predict how the population of each organism would be affected.

Answer 1

Based on the information give, the most probable answer to this question is that those organisms that preys on the blue crabs would resort to a new prey distorting the food web. This causes some of the organisms to die due to the small number of blue carbs. And those that are preyed on by the blue crabs would increase in size.Thank you for your question. Please don't hesitate to ask in Brainly your queries.

Answer 2

Answer:

The population of all will decrease except for that of zebra mussel which will increase

Explanation:

Assume that a new parasite that infests blue crabs is introduced into the hudson river, decimating blue crab populations. look at the structure of this simplified open-water food web, then drag the labels to predict how the population of each organism would be affected.

The population of the following will decrease

zooplankton

phytoplankton

blue crab

american chad

cormorant

Except the population of zebra mussel which will increase. Zebra mussels will increase because they only absorb parasite and toxicants in the water without been affected by them. They pass it on to there prey