If an ecosystem has a carrying capacity of 1,000 individuals for agiven species,

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If an ecosystem has a carrying capacity of 1,000 individuals for agiven species, and 2,000 individuals of that species are present,we can predict that the population

• size will remain at equilibrium. • size will decrease. • will show a clumpeddispersion pattern.
• will show a uniform dispersionpattern. • size will slowly increase. • size will remain at equilibrium. • size will decrease. • will show a clumpeddispersion pattern.
• will show a uniform dispersionpattern. • size will slowly increase.

Explanation / Answer

B) Size will decrease The ecosystem can't support a population over carrying capacity forlong so the population will decrease

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