Biology

The correct answer is: C.Carrying capacity.

Carrying capacity refers to the maximum number of individuals of a species that an environment can support sustainably, given the available resources like food, space, and water, as well as other factors like predation and disease.

Here’s why the others are not correct:

A.Mutualism: This is a type of symbiotic relationship where both species benefit, but it doesn't describe the maximum population size an environment can support.

B.Denitrificatio...