2.4 Trophic Levels

• Trophic Levels; how energy and matter move through systems
• Food Chain; the sequence of transfers of matter and energy in the form of food from organism to ogranism
• Food Web; connection of multiple food chains
• Productivity; the amount of biomass (biological material) produced in a given area during a given period of time
• Trophic Level; an organisms feeding status in an ecosystem
• Ecological Pyramids Describe Trophic Levels;

  1. Producers 100%
  2. Decomposers and Detritivores 24.2%
  3. Herbivores 16.1%
  4. Secondary consumers 1.8%
  5. Tertiary consumers 0.1%