Answer: C. less-intense directional selection; more-intense directional selection
Explanation:
DIRECTIONAL SELECTION
This is when some members of a specie who are homozygous of one allele are stronger than the rest.
Conversely in that same species there are members who are weaker than the rest.
There will be a convergence to the allele that is most associated with survival in the long run. This will be the equilibrium allele.
Because a canal was opened between the 2 ponds, predators are now free to swim into the predator poor pond.
The mosquitofish in the formerly rich predator pond have had to learn to adapt and are fitter or faster than the ones in the predator poor pond. Because of this they will experience LESS INTENSE DIRECTIONAL SELECTION as opposed to their counterparts in the predator poor pond who have not really had to evolve to be as fast or as fit because they have not had a lot of experience with predators. They will therefore experience a MORE INTENSE DIRECTIONAL SELECTION to evolve as quickly as possible to the fitter and faster genes of the predator rich pond mosquito fish.