carrying capacity
"Carrying capacity is like the amount of passengers a plane can hold because there is a limited seat one airplane has."
"Carrying capacity is like filling up a bucket- The water you put into the bucket is like the production of the things you put into the ecosystem. "
"Think of the entire system as a business. You have a set number of employees, which is like your carrying capacity, and you have a budget of food that fluctuates based on a number of factors. A reduction in carrying capacity is like nature's version of layoffs: If there's not enough money in the budget to pay 10 employees, it will reduce that number to five. "
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