Population GrowthThe graph below shows the population of fur seals along a coastline from 1910 to 1950. Look at the graph, then answer the questions below.Copyright © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Permission required for reproduction or display.10861915192519351945Time (years)What is the estimated carrying capacity of this population in this environment?4,0008,00010,0001,000Breeding male fur seals (thousands)

The maximum number of individuals of a species that can be supplied in a habitat, in a given time is called as carrying capacity. If a population exceeds its carrying capacity, the population crush take place. This means every organism requires definite spaceIn the given graph, density of population increase rapidly at first then more rapidly and finally slow down gradually due to environmental resistance. It is called as sigmoid growth curve. It has distinct five phases: lag phase, positive acceleration phase, log phase, negetive acceleration phase and stationary phase. This type of growth form is represent logistic growth form. Where stationary phase is nearly to carrying capacity, because environment or habitat has a limited resources, so number of individual supported according to carrying capacity. Here number is 10, 000. Hence, 3rd Option is correct. Reasons for incorrect options: First Option: it Represent log phase. Second option: it Represent negetive acceleration phase. Fourth Option: it represent positive acceleration phase.