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sp2606 [1]
3 years ago
11

If you remove the starfish from a shoreline area what happens to the mussel populations

Biology
1 answer:
Mnenie [13.5K]3 years ago
6 0
Looking at the food chain & relationships between organisms can give you a good idea of theoretical cause and effects.

For example:

Starfish are the natural predators of the mussel. If the starfish, that eat the mussels, were to be taken out of the picture: there would most likely be a higher population of mussels.
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