1a. what happened to the seal population as the whale population increased?   1b. What appears to be the carrying capacity of the whale and seal population in the graph? 1c. Between which years of the study does overshoot occur for each population? 1d. What are the limitations of the population growth study? Is it a realistic representation of an arctic marine ecosystem? Please provide detailed support for your opinion.

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1a. what happened to the seal population as the whale population increased?  

1b. What appears to be the carrying capacity of the whale and seal population in the graph?

1c. Between which years of the study does overshoot occur for each population?

1d. What are the limitations of the population growth study? Is it a realistic representation of an arctic marine ecosystem? Please provide detailed support for your opinion.

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Transcribed Image Text:210 200 190 # of seals 180 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 Year 1 seal Year 2 Seal and Whale Populations Whale Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 darrying capacity Carrying capacity for seal # of whales Year 10 20 18 16 : 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 carrrying capacity for whale
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