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You are studying the factors driving the length of a species of amphipod (a small crustacean) in three ponds. In pond A, predatory fish that select for small amphipod body length are abundant. Pond B has no fish but does have a large number of predatory invertebrates. Predatory invertebrates prefer to consume the longest prey that they can, but once the prey reach a certain length (about half the length of an adult amphipod), the predatory invertebrates can no long consume them. Finally, pond C contains both predatory fish in the deeper waters and predatory invertebrates in the shallow water. What do you hypothesize should be the order of the ponds in terms of average amphipod body length, from smallest to largest