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Explanation:

In the given food chain, salmon preys on zooplankton, and is preyed on by puffins. If salmon are overharvested, their population drops sharply. This removes a major predator of zooplankton, so the zooplankton population will increase as there is less predation pressure on them. The other options are incorrect: gulls rely on sand lancelets, not salmon, so their population would not increase due to puffin competition; puffins lose a food source (salmon), so their population would decrease, not increase; overharvesting directly reduces the salmon population, it cannot increase.

Answer:

c) The zooplankton would increase. (color BROWN)