D. the carrying capacity of the harbor
This finding indicates that the harbor has a carrying capacity of approximately 8,000 seals, meaning it can only support around that number of seals without causing the population to decline. The carrying capacity is the maximum population size of a species that a specific environment can support indefinitely.
Research over a 10-year period indicates that the population of a certain species of seals stabilizes when the population reaches close to 8,000 seals. What does this finding indicate?
A. the limiting factor of the harbor
B. the maxima capacity of the harbor
C. the minima capacity of the harbor
D. the carrying capacity of the harbor
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