Carrying capacity is
A) seldom reached by marine producers and consumers because of the vast resources of the ocean.
B) the maximum population size that a particular environment can support.
C) fixed for most species over most of their range most of the time.
D) determined by density and dispersion data.
E) the term used to describe the stress a population undergoes due to limited resources.

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Carrying capacity is the maximum population size that a particular environment can support. It is not fixed for most species over most of their range most of the time and it is not determined by density and dispersion data. While it is true that the vast resources of the ocean mean that carrying capacity is seldom reached by marine producers and consumers, this is not always the case. Carrying capacity is also not the term used to describe the stress a population undergoes due to limited resources.

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