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At each trophic level in a food chain, a large portion of the energy is utilized for the maintenance of organisms which occur at that trophic level and lost as heat. As a result of this, organisms in each trophic level pass on less and less energy to the next trophic levels, than they receive.
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How changes to a lower trophic level affects high trophic levels?
because the amount of decanposers
Different trophic levels?
There are four trophic levels. They are plants, which produce food, herbivores, which are the animals that eat the plants, primary consumers, which eat the herbivores, and secondary consumers, which are those animals that eat primary consumers.
What roles do trophic levels play in the transfer of energy within food chains and food webs?
Trophic levels play a significant role in the transfer of energy within food chains and food webs. Each organism has a position n the trophic level and energy is transferred through succession.
What trophic level must have more of than others?
:) The 1st trophic level has more energy. The first trophic level consists of producers(plants and algae). They has more energy because they create their own food (photosynthesis). Hope this answer helps :)
What is the ecological niche of humans?
the ecological niche of humans is that we are the top carnivores despite some of our race that choose to be herbivores. we are at the top of the trophic level and so we eat everything in the lower trophic levels.
What a food pyramid shows and why they are limited in trophic levels?
Dude are you kidding me dumb
The number of trophic levels that can be maintained in an ecosystem is limited by?
The Lost of potential energy.
The number of trophic levels in an ecological pyramid?
The number is limited by the amount of energy lost at each trophic level. Most cannot exceed 5.
What is the mosquito trophic level?
Mosquitos can be of many different trophic levels, as they consume the blood of animals from multiple trophic levels.
What is primarily responsible for limiting the number of trophic levels in most eco systems?
The maximum number of trophic levels in an ecosystem could be limited by factors such as climate and carrying capacity.
Why does productivity diminish with increase trophic levels?
Due to poor trophic transfer efficiency, most energy is lost at higher trophic levels.
How many levels do trophic levels have?
Five
What is the trophic level of a monkey?
The food web is made up of different levels labeled as trophic levels. Chimpanzee's belong on the 3rd trophic level.
Number of trophic levels in ecological pyramid?
there can be any number of trophic levels, but usually 4-5
What trophic levels do armadillos belong to?
The trophic level is the level in the food chain that an animal occupies. The armadillo belongs to both the second and third trophic levels.
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