A disease caused the population of small planktivorous fish in the region to sharply decline. How will this situation affect the competition for food in the region? Consider direct and indirect effects.

This situation would lead to increase in price of this kind of food and increase in demand of other close substitutes.

Explanation:

With the decrease in the small planktivorous fish in the region would definitely affect the situation of food in that region because the demand would be high but the supply would be less. Thus the price of this kind of fish will increase.

The other effects of this situation would be increase in the demand of the other close substitutes of this kind of fish in this region for the consumption of the people.

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