Limiting+Factors

​ Limiting Factors- Density Dependent and Independent

The limiting factors of any ecosystem are either density dependent or density independent. The limiting factors affect the estuary in many ways, such as predation maintaining the population size of prey or the amount of sunlight limiting or pollutants killing a species of fish

Density dependent factors are that affect the estuary when a certain density of a population is reached. Some density dependent factors are the amount of food available, predation, amount of available habitat, disease, and O2 concentration.



Density Independent factors are factors that are not affected by population density. Some examples are sunlight, pollutant concentration, nutrient concentration, natural and human disasters, such as an earthquake, hurricane or oil spill.  Effecting Factors (Back)