Question

Community members hoped to use this wetland area to attract tourists, specifically people interested in fishing and duck hunting. they had one big problem: mosquitoes. to solve this problem they repeatedly sprayed insecticide that killed the mosquitoes and destroyed the mosquito larvae. comment on the solution to their problem.

Answer 1

B) Although they killed the mosquitoes, they also killed the dragonflies and other insects, eliminating one level of the wetland food web.

Answer 2

Other animals that are inhabiting that ecosystem can be directly or indirectly affected by these actions. This is because, within a habitat several organisms are dependent or they co-exist with one another to survive. This solution actually does more harm than good to the living organisms that are within that environment.