Assume that some members of an aquatic species of motile, photosynthetic protists evolve to become parasitic to fish. they gain the ability to live in the fish gut, absorbing nutrients as the fish digest food. overtime, which of the following phenotypic changes would you expect to observe in the population of protists?
a.) gain of meiosis
b.) loss of mobility
c.) loss of chloroplasts
d.) no changes would be expected
e.) gain a rigid cell wall

c.) loss of chloroplasts

Explanation:

Chloroplasts are the double membrane-bound organelles of photosynthetic eukaryotes and serve as the site for photosynthesis. The organisms that can carry out photosynthesis make the organic nutrients and do not depend on other organisms for food.

According to the given information, the photosynthetic protists become parasite in fish and start deriving nutrition from the host. If the protists continue to survive as a parasite to fish, the chloroplasts will be rendered non-significant. The parasitic mode of nutrition does not require chloroplasts and therefore, the protists would lose the organelles over generations.

c. is the correct answer

estuaries are the partially enclosed coastal bodies of brackish water formed at the mouth of sea where river meets an ocean. it is a transition zone between river and sea water so estuaries are influenced to both marine environment such as tides, waves and to riverine such as flow of fresh water and sediments. the mixing of sea and fresh water provide high level of nutrients, making estuaries a high product habitats.

many estuaries suffers degradation from a variety of human activities like erosion from deforestation, overgrazing, overfishing, drainage and eutrophication.

so from the above statement answers will be

1. false as estuaries are formed due to both brackish and freshwater.

2.true, due to high productivity estuaries are breeding ground for many marine species.

3. direct and indirect activities of man that contribute to pollution and deposition of sediments.