Located on the Southeast Coast of Alaska a place filled with awe-inspiring beauty, wonder, opportunity, and adventure is waiting to be explored by people just like you. Glacier Bay National Park is national treasure filled with endless opportunities for everyone. Whether you seek the great fish tale to pass on from generation to generation or you just simply want to have your breath taken away at every turn Glacier Bay is the place for you. The mixture between the forest and aquatic biomes, a major ecological community of organisms adapted to a particular climatic or environmental condition on a large geographic area in which they occur, allow an extensive variety of wildlife to live and thrive within the park. Amazing aquatic and land mammals inhabit the area, including humpback whales and black bears contributing to the extensive ecosystem, a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment, the park calls its own. Don’t miss out on experiencing the versatility and resiliency of nature as life begins to thrive again in the areas once dominated by magnificent glaciers.
Density Dependent Limiting FactorsIn Glacier Bay many density dependent limiting factors take affect on the ecosystem. Density dependent limiting factors have greater affects on denser population than those that are less dense. An example of a limiting factor that fits these criteria is predation. The greater the population of prey in an ecosystem the greater number of predators will be able to be sustained, thus increased predation. Another example of a density dependent limiting factor that occurs in Glacier Bay is disease. The larger a population the more susceptible it will be to the spread of disease.
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Density Independent Limiting FactorsDensity independent limiting factors are factors that are all based around the environment; population density plays no role. An example of this limiting factor that occurs in Glacier Bay is temperature. The extreme temperatures in Glacier Bay can have drastic affects on the ecosystem. Many species cannot survive the harsh winters in Glacier Bay. The harsh temperatures will affect populations regardless of their size.
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