How can the carrying capacity of an ecosystem change?

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Gabriella Anderson · Accepted Answer

Since the carrying capacity depend of the ressource avaible for a species if food or space get more difficulte to obtaine K will decrease.

A competitor's appearance or disappearance in an ecosystem will affect the amount of resources available to the surviving species, which will determine how many of that species can potentially survive there. If a new species of barnacle colonizes the rock, there will be competition for the surface, and the ecosystem's "rock" will see its carrying capacity for the first baracle deacreas. For example, a rock covered in barnacles will most likely have a carrying capacity depending on the surface available for theme. As another illustration, if a large herbivorous species disappears from its habitat, all the vegetation it was previously eating will become available for use by other species, which will increase the ecosystem's carrying capacity since they will be able to feed more offspring.

Daniel Arnold · Answer

undefined The carrying capacity of an ecosystem can change due to factors such as resource availability, environmental conditions, species interactions, and human influences.