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In laboratory experiments, two species of the protist Paramecium were grown alone and in the presence of the other species. The following graphs show growth of species 1 (left) and species 2 (right), both alone and when in mixed culture. Interpretation of these graphs shows that

A) Competitive exclusion occurred in these experiments.

B) Both species are affected by interspecific competition but species 1 is affected less.

C) Both species are affected by interspecific competition but species 2 is affected less.

D) Both species are affected equally by interspecific competition.