A survey of a pond community identified 57 different species that made up the community.This number can best be described as a measure of the community's
A) Shannon index.
B) community structure.
C) species evenness.
D) species richness.
E) species diversity.

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Species richness refers to the number of different species present in a community, without considering the abundance of each species. Since the survey identified 57 different species, this number directly measures the species richness of the pond community.

A Survey of a Pond Community Identified 57 Different Species