Question

What happens if exponential growth of a population is not controlled? What would be 3 effective measures to control population sizes and which would be most effective?

Answer 1

If exponential growth of a population is not controlled, it would continue to grow, crossing the carrying capacity of medium, ultimately becoming toxic to other cells. If exponential. Growth of a population is not controlled, the following methods could be used for controlling the population growth:

• By nutrient limitation, as a result of which the growing cells would not be able to utilise nutrients, leading to a decrease in exponential growth.
• If there is accumulation of toxic substances, by non removal of the spent medium, it would cause a decrease of the exponential rate of growth.
• If there is accumulation of excess cells in the medium.