Define overfishing. When a species is overfished, what changes are there in the standing stock, the size of individuals in the remaining fish population, and the maximum sustainable yield?

Q: Why do managers try to maintain populations of fish and game species at about half their carrying…

A: A population consists of organisms belonging to the same species and occupying a common region. The…

Q: If biologists determine that this country’s sustained yield of fish is 17 million metric tons per…

A: Biocapacity is the capacity of the ecosystem to regenerate what people demand from those surfaces.

Q: What happens as a population approaches carrying capacity?

A: Populace ecology is the investigation of how populaces — of plants, creatures, and different living…

Q: List and discuss three policies that could be used to encourage sustainable fishery management.

A: The increasing difficulty of fisheries management has contributed to it becoming a global problem.…

Q: Wilat IS the sigin of the ochre sea star メ C = ? A= ? B= godsenec barpacle whelk chiton + mussel…

A: The trophic level is defined as the feeding level occupied by an organism in the food chain, food…

Q: after the bamboo fruiting: In reality, this high carrying capacity cannot be sustained for longer…

A: Carrying capacity is the maximum size of the population of a particular species that can be sustain…

Q: What percentage of the worldwide fisheries stocks are now depleted or overfished?

A: The rearing of fishes known as Pisciculture is done to obtain the maximum yield of fish, and to…

Q: What is the difference between a stable and an unstable equilibrium for the population of a fishery?

A: An Equilibrium is visible as solid (for the sightness we will keep in mind the asymptotic force) if…

Q: Do you think all species have the same carrying capacity or different carrying capacities? ( can you…

A: Introduction: The carrying capacity of a species in a habitat refers to the most members of that…

Q: terested in studying intraspecific competition among tadpoles (the immature stage of frogs, which…

A: Tadpoles are the miniature forms of the frog and they metamorphose into an adult frog. Metamorphosis…

Q: When populations of ocean perch and herring are reduced, which other species in this ecosystem are…

A: The food chain is a linear pathway that shows the unidirectional flow of energy among organisms in…

Q: American crows (species 1) compete with Turkey Vultures (species 2) for carrion. Vultures are 4x as…

A: Interspecific competition is the competition between two different species. Whereas, intraspecific…

Q: What are some factors that cause a population to reach carrying capacity?

A: Logistic growth is S shaped growth curves in which population growth rapidly when competition is…

Q: A small lake is capable of supporting both bluegill and smallmouth bass. These two bony fish species…

A: Carrying capacity: It can be defined as maximum ability of a specific area to withstand the maximum…

Q: Infinite resources are often a source of conflict and competition.  a)True  B)False

A: Ans TRUE.

Q: In the land between the lakes, Elk and Bison Prairie, we currently have 125 bison and 15 elk. These…

A: The objective of the question is to understand the dynamics of the competition between bison and elk…

Q: Which limiting factor would affect the carrying capacity for all species in the pictured ecosystem?…

A: Limiting factor that would affect the carrying capacity for all species in the pictured ecosystem is…

Q: Determine whether the following factors are density-dependent or density-independent. Drought…

A: Density-dependent factors include disease, competition, and predation. Density-dependant factors can…

Q: trophic cascade

A: The trophic cascade is an ecological phenomenon triggered by the addition or removal of top…

Q: Fixed effort harvesting and fixed quota harvesting are two very different approaches to fishing,…

A: Maximum sustainable yield (MSY) is a goal or strategy that aims to regulate the rate of harvesting…

Q: A severe winterkill seemingly killed all the trout in a lake. A decision is made to restock the lake…

A: The formula to calculate the number of trout in the lake after a certain number of years is: N = K /…

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A: The likely capacity is the ideal number of fishes that can be accommodated in a particular habitat…

Q: Two winters ago, a species of bird called the pine siskin began appearing in droves at backyard bird…

A: The objective of the question is to explain the sudden increase and subsequent decrease in the…

Q: What if we were able to restore some critical salmon habitat, like the forests surrounding the…

A: MSY  Maximum sustainable yield or MSY is the maximum catch that we can get from the fish of a…

Q: Describe the trends in global fish capture from 1950 to 1990 and from 1990 to 2016.  Describe…

A: loss of wildlife species, and also local decreases in population density. Today, the loss of marine…

Q: Give an example of an animal in this food web at each of these trophic levels

A: In a food web, the primary producers are always the green plants and algae. Other animals cannot…

Q: In a food web, two different species can directly affect each other’s abundance via _ competition or…

A: In a food web, two different species can directly affect each other’s abundance via interspecific…

Q: Which of the following is an example of a primary consumer?    Question 7 options:   Muskrat…

A: Trophic level is the position of the organism in a food web. A food web describes which organisms…