(A)________ occurs when predation has a ripple effect on a food web, ultimately affecting primary producers.
A)Connectance
B)trophic cascade
C)trophic collapse
D)Niche packing

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A trophic cascade is a phenomenon where the effects of predation are magnified through the different trophic levels of a food web, ultimately leading to changes in the abundance or behavior of primary producers. This can occur when predators suppress the population of herbivores, allowing primary producers to grow more abundantly, or when predators indirectly benefit primary producers by suppressing the abundance of herbivores that would otherwise consume them.

(A)________ Occurs When Predation Has a Ripple Effect on a Food