In 2015, over 200,000 Saiga antelopes died in Kazakhstan, and researchers recently determined that a severe bacterial infection caused these deaths. 200,000 dead antelopes greatly changed the ecosystem processes occurring in the dry grasslands of Kazakhstan (48 degrees north latitude). Determine if each of the following statements is likely or not likely to occur following the mass death of these animals.

More energy will be available to primary producers than before the antelopes died.
A. Likely B. Not Likely

Decomposition rates in this grassland will be higher than the decomposition rates in a tropical forest.
A. Likely B. Not Likely