In a study comparing the trophic interactions in two streams,you discover that a Florida stream has 12 different fish species at the secondary consumer level,while an Ohio stream has only six.Compared to the Ohio stream,you hypothesize that the Florida stream shows________________.

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The Florida stream, with more fish species at the secondary consumer level, likely exhibits greater resilience (due to more species providing redundancy in ecological roles), greater ecological complexity (more species generally means more complex interactions), and greater connectivity in the food web (more species at a given trophic level can mean more potential feeding relationships). While the number of trophic levels is not directly indicated by the number of species at one level, the other factors suggest a more complex and interconnected ecosystem, which could imply all these characteristics.

In a Study Comparing the Trophic Interactions in Two Streams,you