Chapter 23, Problem 2AWK

Summary Introduction

To review:

The most important environmental resistance factor for determining the world’s human carrying capacity.

Introduction:

In the sea environment, there are some opposing forces, which limit any species’ ability to realize its biotic potential. Such limiting forces are called environmental resistance. The carrying capacity is the maximum population size of the species that the environment can sustain indefinitely given the food, water, habitat, and all the necessities of the environment.