A scientist was studying a population of fish in a
pond over a period of 10 years. He observed that
the population increased each year for 3 years,
and then remained nearly constant for the rest of
the study. The best explanation for this
observation is that the population had
(1) stopped reproducing
(2) reached carrying capacity
(3) mutated into a different species
(4) run out of food and migrated to a different
pond

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aryanagarwal466 aryanagarwal466 · Answer 1 · 2022-05-16T14:06:52+02:00

A population of fish in a pond increased for 3 years and then remained nearly constant for the rest of the study that was undergoing for 10 years.

From the above information of population study, it can be said that the population reached carrying capacity.

Carrying capacity of an environment is the maximum population size of a biological species that can be sustained by a specific environment.
The species population size is limited by such environmental factors like food, water, shelter, mates for reproduction and other resources available.
This can be studied by population graph in which after reaching carrying capacity the population remains constant.
this type of population graph is known a logistic graph ("S" shaped curve).
Here an example of "S" shaped -logistic graph is given below.

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