Question

Consider this ecological pyramid found in the Great Lakes ecosystem. Ecological pyramids are diagrams that are used to show how much energy, the number of organisms, or how much biomass may be found at each trophic level of all the food webs of a community. Note that the autotrophs are always placed at the base of the pyramid. Why are the saprotrophs and detritivores are placed to one side of the pyramid?

Answer 1

They are usually placed at the side of the pyramid because they don't directly participate. They eat the dead and decaying, which means that they consume anything that has died, perhaps from a predator.

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Answer 2

Just had this question and the answer is C because they are decomposers