A conservation biologist is working to protect elephant seal populations. Elephant have a classic type I survivorship curve with very low levels of juvenile mortality and high survivorship rate. They insist that reducing threats to adults is more important than protective juveniles. Are they correct

Elephants and Classic Type I Survivorship Curve

The conservation biologist is correct.

Explanation:

Classic type 1 survivorship curve means that mortality of elephants increases as they age, and their fecundity (or fertility) decreases as they age.  Therefore, reducing the threats to adults should be more important than protecting the younger elephants.  The younger elephants have higher rates of survival and fecundity than their older parents.

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cells use diffusion to get substances in and out of themselves. that diffusion will occur across the cell membrane or the outer covering of the cell. because we are talking about the surface of the cell, surface area and volume are  important factors here. as a cell increases in size, its surface area and volume increase as well.  we call that the surface area to volume ratio (sa: vol).  but the catch is that  volume increases at a greater rate than surface  area. in other words, as a cell gets bigger, the sa: vol gets smaller. so a really small cell like bacteria is mostly cell membrane (surface) with very little contents (volume). a really big cell like an egg, is mostly insides with a super thin membrane. so what ends up happening is that the cell cannot efficiently diffuse all of the stuff it needs in/out to survive. therefore cell size is limited to about 100mm. so how do we make organisms bigger than 100mm? cells divide! by dividing and becoming multicellular, organisms are able to grow!   check out the diagrams i attached to see the effect of sa: vol. i hope this ! good luck!