Which of the following is a biotic factor that is having a negative impact on marine populations?

Attraction to artificial lighting

Predation by invasive species

The presence of marine debris

The process of shoreline erosion

Answer: Predation by invasive species

Biotic factors are described as the living things in an ecosystem that affects another organism. This includes animals. Plants, bacteria that consume other organisms within their ecosystem, and the organism that is being consumed.

Predation by invasive species is a biotic factor that has a negative impact on the marine population.