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DENIUS [597]
3 years ago
11

Why is biomass at the second trophic level in most ecosystems not as great as biomass at the first trophic

Biology
1 answer:
alexira [117]3 years ago
7 0
Only about ten per cent of the biomass is transferred from each trophic level to the next. The remaining 90 per cent is used by the trophic level to complete life processes . Biomass can be lost between stages because not all of the matter eaten by an organism is digested.
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