If an ecosystem has a carrying capacity of 1,000 individuals for a given species, and 2,000 individuals of that species are present, we can predict that the population
A) size will remain at equilibrium.
B) size will decrease.
C) will show a clumped dispersion pattern.
D) will show a uniform dispersion pattern.
E) size will slowly increase.
Ans: B) size will decrease.
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