Biological Communities May Show a Highly Predictable and Interrelated Structure

Multiple Choice

Biological communities may show a highly predictable and interrelated structure, or alternatively, the individual species may appear to operate independently. If a researcher were to set up many identical sterilized ponds in the same area and allowed them to be colonized, which result would support the idea that species operate independently?

A) Identical plankton communities will develop in all ponds.
B) Similar plankton communities will develop in all ponds.
C) Different plankton communities will develop in all ponds.
D) Limited plankton communities will develop in all ponds.