During the year the beetles reached carrying capacity, a flood in the region decreased the population to about 77 beetles per hectare. What is the total estimated population of the beetles after this disaster? What percentage of the carrying capacity is the population now?

Answer 1

To calculate the total estimated population of the beetles after the flood, we need to determine the total estimated area of beetles habitat affected by the flood. If the carrying capacity was 100 beetles per hectare and after the flood there were 77 beetles per hectare, this means there was a decrease of 100 - 77 = 23 beetles per hectare.

If we assume that the flood affected the entire carrying capacity area, then the total estimated population after the flood would be 77 beetles per hectare x 100 hectares = 7700 beetles.

To calculate what percentage of the carrying capacity the population is now, we can use the formula:

(77 beetles per hectare / 100 beetles per hectare) x 100 = 77%

Therefore, after the flood, the beetle population is at 77% of its carrying capacity.