The carrying capacity of an ecosystem is the size of a population that can be supported indefinitely by the available resources of that ecosystem. The carrying capacity of an ecosystem is affected by interactions among organisms and available resources.

The limits of an ecosystem depends on three factors:
1. The amount of resources available in the ecosystem.
2. The size of the population.
3. The amount of resources each individual is consuming.

Describe how the carrying capacity of an ecosystem is affected by predator-prey and competition interaction among organism in terms of the three factors listed above.

How do temperature and salinity affect deepwater currents? they create changes in wind direction, moving denser water in the same direction as the wind and causing the deepwater circulation patterns found in the ocean. as temperatures and salinity levels of water increase, the water rises to the surface where it creates currents as it moves to colder regions. they create density differences that cause dense deepwater currents to flow toward the equator where they displace less dense, warmer water above them. they equalize the forces on undersea currents caused by the coriolis effect as they replace more dense water with less dense water.