A population of catfish in a muddy pond reaches its maximum size as the food supplies start to run low.Without any new sources of food,the catfish population remains steady.This population represents
A)density-dependent logistic growth.
B)density-independent logistic growth.
C)density-dependent exponential growth.
D)density-independent exponential growth.

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The catfish population reaches its maximum size due to limited food supplies, which is a density-dependent factor. The population's growth stabilizes, indicating logistic growth, where the population size levels off at the carrying capacity of the environment.

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