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Consider a marine food web: Phytoplankton -> Zooplankton -> Small Fish -> Osprey Phytoplankton -> Zooplankton -> Basking Shark If a viral disease causes a severe drop in the Phytoplankton population, which ecosystem outcome is most likely?

Zooplankton populations will increase rapidly. Small Fish and Osprey populations will decline due to reduced food available at the base of the food web. Basking Sharks will start making food from sunlight. Osprey will change their diet to eat Phytoplankton directly.

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Small Fish and Osprey populations will decline due to reduced food available at the base of the food web.

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