The maximum sustainable yield for most populations must be recalculated every year because

A) commercial demand for the product is variable.
B) the cost of producing products depends upon varying costs of labor.
C) changing environmental conditions produce variations in carrying capacity.
D) carrying capacities show large fluctuations even in stable environments.


C

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences

You might also like to view...

An accretionary prism of sediments and oceanic crust is formed

A. on top of the oceanic plate that is not being subducted. B. in an oceanic trench created by the subduction of one oceanic plate beneath another plate. C. in the asthenosphere as the subduction of one oceanic plate enters the asthenosphere.

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences

What kind of information can be determined about the ocean with the use of satellites?

a. The height of the sea surface b. The temperature of the sea surface c. The amount of plankton productivity d. All of these choices

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences

The earthquake magnitude system has a maximum value of 9.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences

Bangladesh and the Maldives are situated on some of the higher islands in the Asian region and are therefore not concerned about sea level rise

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences