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What is the possible consequences of adding an organism to a food chain?

What is the possible consequences of adding an organism to a food chain?-example-1
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Answer. The organism that is added will compete for food resources with an existing organism. This could possibly lead to competitive exclusion.

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If an invasive species is added into a food chain/web, it becomes overpopulated/a pest because it has no natural predators.

It can also disrupt the food chain/web by eating the food supplies of the native organism leading to competitions.

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