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← Nature & AnimalsWhich risk sharply increases when invasive fish lacking swim bladders outcompete native species?
A)Decreased benthic zone invertebrate population✓
B)Increased dissolved nutrient accumulation
C)Enhanced phytoplankton bloom severity
D)Amplified water column stratification effects
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When swim-bladder-deficient invasives displace native fish, benthic community structure changes because of decreased bioturbation, leading to lower invertebrate populations that rely on sediment disturbance for feeding. Therefore, diminished invertebrate biomass results, rather than nutrient accumulation, algal blooms, or stratification which require additional ecological factors.
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