Please choose the correct answer to the question: Which of the following would most likely happen if grasses and shrubs were removed from a rural Massachusetts ecosystem?

Answer1: There would be an increase in consumers in the ecosystem. Answer2: There would be an increase of photosynthesis in the ecosystem. Answer3: There would be a decrease in food energy produced by the ecosystem. Answer4: There would be a decrease of carbon dioxide available to the ecosystem.

Answer format: answer1/answer2/answer3/answer4
Answer: answer3