Question

in massaschusetts a team of scientists studying great white sharks estimate that a population of 15000 seals support fewer than 100 sharks. why are there so few top level consumers in this system?

Answer 1

Answer:

The higher you go in the good chain the lower the population.

Explanation:

In the food web, there are only a few sharks since in the food chain they are higher. Just 10% energy is retained in the tissues once the energy is moved from one trophic level to another, and the leftover power is emitted as metabolic energy.

If an animal is high up the energy ladder, the individual has less resources; thus, a few of the highest predators are present in an ecosystem.