Which best describes the purpose of a no-take marine protected area? A. To prohibit removal of threatened or endangered species from the area, only allowing the catch of ecologically sound species

B. To preserve all organisms in the MPA, increasing biodiversity both within and around the area.

C. To conserve the area's aesthetic value for activities like fishing or shell collecting

D. To preserve the prey items of large predators, whose catch is limited within the MPA.

B To preserve all organisms in the MPA, increasing biodiversity both within and around the area.

Explanation:

Marine protected areas(MPA) help in conserving biodiversity, allows for fisheries by protecting them and resilience.

Mpa helps to protect end restore an ecosystem and species that are endangered, research are being carried out in this area, some are used as tourist centres to generate income and improve livelihood of people.

It can be use to purify water bodies,trap carbon, protecting large old fish used for reproduction and population replenishment.

answer: decrease

a limiting factor is the one which decrease the abundance, distribution and causes extinction of the population of species in a ecosystem. here, predators including hawks, owls and snakes are the limiting factor for the population of mexican free tailed bat.   although bats are nocturnal animals as they forge for food at night these predators also may remain active during night which can decrease the population of the mexican free-tailed bats. also, these bats eat only one type of insects that are moths. the food can also be a limiting factor as all 400 members are dependent upon same type of food needs that are moths. the decrease in the moth population can cause decrease in population size of the mexican free-tailed bats.

therefore, the scenarios will most likely to decrease the population size of the mexican free-tailed bats.