You Are Sampling a Stream with a Net, Collecting 100

You are sampling a stream with a net, collecting 100 macroinvertebrates. Your collection is as follows (assume the different macroinvertebrate types noted are all the same species (e.g., 17 mayflies are all of the same species) : 5 caddisflies, 17 mayflies, 48 stoneflies, 6 dragonflies, 10 damselflies, 4 alderflies, 2 dobsonflies, 2 midges, 3 crayfish, 1 aquatic sowbug, 1 water penny, 1 cranefly
If you were to take this data and construct a rank abundance curve, what would it look like?

A) a straight line sloped upward
B) a straight line sloped downward
C) a curve that starts off relatively level on the left side and curving steeply upward on the right
D) a curve initially very steeply downward on the left side and leveling off on the right

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