Multiple Choice
The major role of detritivores in ecosystems is to
A) provide an organic nutritional resource for heterotrophic organisms.
B) recycle chemical matter to a form capable of being used by autotrophs.
C) prevent the buildup of the remains of organisms at all trophic levels.
D) convert organic matter to energy previously lost by the ecosystem.
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