Question

Mark is studying jellyfish in a small body of water. Mollusks are a primary food source for jellyfish, and a large number of mollusks have recently been harvested from the area. How will this impact the carrying capacity for the jellyfish?

Answer 1

Answer:

Carrying capacity for the jellyfish would reduce

Explanation:

Carrying capacity of a biological population in an ecosystem is the maximum number of population size the environment or habitat can conveniently cater for given the available resources such as, food, water supply, space etc.

The survival of the jelly fish largely in the small body of water would be largely dependent on how much food that is available.

The large number of mollusks harvested would reduce the available food in the small body of water, hence, reducing the carrying capacity for jellyfish.