Determine whether the following conditions will increase or decrease carrying capacity for the given population.
Increases Carrying Capacity
Two sets of apartments are constructed along the riparian zone of a stream, causing silt and dirt to cloud the waters and suffocate fish and freshwater mussels in the stream.
A researcher triples the number of bird boxes in an area populated by blue birds, obligate cavity nesters that cannot make their own cavities and rely on vacant cavities for nesting.
Members of a local nonprofit organization add large woody debris to a local stream, providing more locations for salmon and trout to hide, feed, and breed.
An area of forest containing a prime owl habitat is cleared to make room for a new subdevelopment.
Decreases Carrying Capacity