Question: 2 . Consider a population with the following characteristics; initial biomass of 5 0 mg / L , maximum specific growth rate of 1 .

2. Consider a population with the following characteristics; initial biomass of 50 mg/L,maximum specific growth rate of 1.2 day-1 and a decay rate coefficient of 0.05 day^-1.
(a) Assume logistic growth and calculate the populations biomass after 1,2,5,10, and 20
days if the carrying capacity is 5000 mg/L.
(b) Assume exponential growth to calculate the population biomass for the same time
points.
(c) At approximately what time do the two models begin to obviously deviate?
(d) What percent of the population of the exponential growth model at 10 days is equal to
the carrying capacity?

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