Organisms at a higher trophic level have less energy available. Comment.

Vedclass pdf generator app on play store
Vedclass iOS app on app store

As per Lindman $10$ per cent less energy is transferred to in flow of energy in ecosystem. As per this law $10 \%$ of energy is obtained at each trophic level and energy gets converted at other level.

- As we go higher to the trophic level, the energy obtained to living organisms get decreased.

$\Rightarrow$ Thus high carnivores get the least energy in food chain heat energy in food chain heat energy becomes less. Thus heat energy remains till respiration.

976-s55

Similar Questions

The snakes are included under

Total energy fixed by an ecosystem is called

The percentage of light energy utilized for photosynthesis by higher plants is

In a food chain of grassland ecosystem, the top consumers are

Driving force of an ecosystem is