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Exercise - Week 5 X Question 27 (2.5 points) If the tuna were to become extinct due to commercial overfishing, what do you think would happen to the marlin in this community? A Generic Pelagic Food Web Top-level consumers orca whale large shark - humpback whale 6 Large predatory fish tuna marlin 5 Predatory fish lancet fish squid 4 mackerel Small fish menhaden 3 herring 2 Zooplankton shrimp copepod krill Phytoplankton dinoflagellate diatom H detritus Sun Large sharks would have to decrease feeding on marlin since it would be their only prey. There would be a decrease in the number of herring since squid would become their only predator. Mackerel would increase since their only predator is tuna. There would be an increase in copepods because they are strongly connected to phytoplankton. O Lancet fish would increase since their only prey is squid