Which of the following would you expect to find in a primitive community?
a. deer
b. trees
c. shrubs
d. algae
succession is
a. harmful to ecosystems
b. a natural recovery process
c. unnecessary for ecosystem recovery
d. a one-time event

1. d. algae

Explanation:

A primitive community is the ecological community which is occupied with the  low diversity of biological species. The species located in this community includes simple organisms. The algae is an example of species that is expected to be found in a primitive community.

2 b. a natural recovery process

Explanation:

An ecological succession is a change in the biotic community of an ecosystem with respect to changes occurring in the non-living environment in due coarse of time, until the ecosystem attains stability. Succession is a natural recovery because even if any kind of natural or human induced destruction occurs in a region which is capable of reducing the population of living beings and destroy the physical environment. Some precursors of life will renew the growth and abundance of living species and the changes occurring in the physical environment will support the growth.