Question
Who is at the top of the aquatic food web?
Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives. Global temperature rises could cause the marine food web to collapse, devastating the livelihoods of tens of millions of people who rely on fisheries for food and income, scientists have warned. Warming oceans restrict vital energy flows between different species in the marine ecosystem, reducing the amount of food available for bigger animals - mostly fish - at the top of the marine food web, according to a study in the journal PLOS Biology. This could have “serious implications” for fish stocks, said Ivan Nagelkerken, a professor at University of Adelaide. The Adelaide scientists set up 12 large tanks, each holding 1,800 litres of water, in a temperature-controlled room to replicate complex marine food webs, and tested the effects of ocean acidification and warming over six months. Plant productivity increased under warmer temperatures but this was mainly due to an expansion of bacteria which fish do not eat, Prof. Nagelkerken said.
More Reading Comprehension Questions
- Where did the drink land from the perch?
- Fill in the blank 7 provided in the passage.
- Which of the following is the second sentence of the passage?
- Who is at the top of the aquatic food web?
- Choose the words which are most opposite in meaning to the words mentioned below. Trickster
- Which of the following is the most appropriate title for the passage?
- “The political parties ignored the situation of border crossing over the decades in order to cultivate vote banks.” According to the passage, this statemen...
- What does microplastics flowing into the river system talk about our waste management?
- Find the word from the given options which has its meaning most opposite to the word gloomy as used in the passage.
- After deciding to leave interest rates unchanged and retain the RBI’s accommodative policy stance, what position do the policymakers think they are i...
Hey! Ask a query
Please enter email id
The email must be a valid email address.
Please enter Mobile Number
Please enter valid Mobile Number
Please enter your Doubt