The carrying capacity (K) of a population is
A) the theoretical maximum number of individuals the environment could support.
B) the equilibrium population number reached when numbers of births and deaths are equal.
C) the initial increase in growth in a density-dependent population.
D) determined by the initial number of organisms.
E) independent of environmental conditions.
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