What is the relationship between trophic levels and biomass in terms?

Please answer the question in regards to the roles of the organisms found at different levels, how each trophic level obtains energy, and why the available energy changes at each level.

Answer 1

Less biomass is gained in each trophic level

Because animals need energy for growth, mobility, and maintaining body temperature, less biomass is transferred to the following trophic level. Similarly, when animals eat, biomass is lost, transferring less energy and biomass to the following trophic level.

This implies that very little biomass and energy will be transferred to the top consumer in a food chain with numerous trophic levels.

The top consumer in a food chain with few trophic levels will receive a lot more energy.

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Answer 2

Nathan Abbe

Trophic levels represent the position an organism occupies in a food chain or food web. As energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next, biomass typically decreases. This is due to the loss of energy through metabolic processes and heat production. Therefore, higher trophic levels generally have lower biomass compared to lower trophic levels.

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