If primary production increases in an ecosystem, it would be reasonable to expect that

A. nutrients are a limiting factor.
B. gross production would not increase.
C. cellular respiration would increase.
D. the trophic web has become more complex.
E. the biomass of herbivores would increase.


E. the biomass of herbivores would increase.

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In the general regression equation y = mx + b, variables m and b represent ________ and ________, respectively

A) the x-intercept, the y-intercept B) the regression line slope, the y-intercept C) the y-intercept, the regression line slope D) the y-intercept, the x-intercept E) narrow-sense heritability, broad-sense heritability

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The main criteria presently used for grouping viruses does NOT include

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