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Sophie [7]
3 years ago
10

Why do biologists measure the number of trophic levels in an ecosystem?

Biology
1 answer:
slega [8]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

Biologists measure the number of trophic levels in an ecosystem so as to check its stability and health.

Explanation:

Trophic levels are the feeding position in a food chain such as primary producers, consumers, etc. They are positions that an organisms occupies in a food chain (series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating or being eaten);- what it eats and what eats it. 

Theoretically there is no any limit to the number of trophic levels in a food chain or number of organisms that live on each level.

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