A beaver dam that has been in place for ten years is destroyed in a powerful storm, and the beavers in the region are killed in the same storm. What impact will this have on the local ecosystem?
a. Streams that flow through the area will be redirected to flow in other areas of the ecosystem, with no loss of organism diversity.
b. This will increase organism diversity because the dams will no longer be restricting the availability of key nutrients that are found in water.
c. Ponds and associated wetlands that had developed in response to the dams will likely be eliminated, decreasing organism diversity.
d. Less flooding of the area will occur because the wetland areas near the beaver dams will have dried out.
e. This will increase organism diversity because loss of the dams will allow more water to flow to other parts of the ecosystem.
