Population Ecology

AP Biology· difficulty 2/5

Researchers captured 100 fish in a lake, marked them, and released them. One week later they captured 80 fish, of which 20 were marked.

Variable Count Marked (M) 100 Recapture (C) 80 Marked-recap (R) 20

Using N = (M x C)/R, what is the estimated population size?

  • A

    400 fish

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  • B

    1600 fish

  • C

    100 fish

  • D

    200 fish

Explanation

N = (100 x 80)/20 = 8000/20 = 400 fish.

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