Answer the research question and hypothesize about the results of the addition of this invasive species. A) Biodiversity will remain constant and although the existing top level consumers will be wiped out, they will be replaced by other species. B) The sea lamprey will work through the food web, top to bottom. The old web will collapse and there will be a drastic decrease in biodiversity. C) The consumers with the purple and blue bands will become extinct. The producers and herbivores will dominate the ecosystem. Biodiversity will decline. D) The top level consumers will disappear and biodiversity will decline, but because of the complexity of the food web, it will sustain itself over time.