biomass transfer

• biomass is lost between each trophic
• energy from the sun is the source of energy for nearly all life on earth
• producers use energy transferred by light from the sun to make food during photosynthesis
• some of the glucose is used by plants and algae to make biological molecules
• biomass is transferred through a food chain in an ecosystem when organisms eat other organisms
• efficiency = biomass transferred to the next level / biomass available at the previous level X 100
• biomass transferry efficiency is never 100% because the animal sometimes doesn't eat every part of the animal ; all of the nutrients aren't absorbed or some of the biomass is converted into other substances