Suppose organisms in a lake are limited by oxygen. How might the lake's ability to support organisms change if the temperature increased by 10°C, assuming that all the organisms were still within their thermal optima?
A) It could support about twice as many organisms.
B) It could support about half as many organisms.
C) It could support about the same number of organisms.
D) More information is required to determine whether it would change.
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