Help with SC

[anish]

Pls provide explaination for the below SC Q

The study of the food resources in the North Pacific between 1989 and 1986 revealed that creatures of the seabed were suffering from dwindling food supplies, possibly resulting from increasing sea surface tempratures during the same period.

1. that creatures of the seabed were suffering from dwindling food supplies, possibly resulting from increasing.

2. that creatures of the seabed were suffering because food supplies were dwindling, possibly as a result of an increase in

3. that creatures of the seabed were suffering because of food supplies that were dwindling possibly as a result of increasing

4. creatures of the seabed that were suffering from food supplies that were dwindling , possibly resulting from an increase in

5. creatures of the seabed that were suffering because food supplies were dwindling, which possibly resulted from increasing

[Shib]

The answer seems to be A.

"revealed that" is the right idiom and "suffering from" sounds better than "suffering because of".

[dbernst]

Anish, to avoid the dreaded GMAT police, we must have a complete and accurate citation for the source of the question before we can comment on it.

Thanks!