SCIENCE
ECOLOGY
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Question
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Chemical Energy
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Light Energy
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Rank in the feeding heirarchy
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Amount of living tissue at the tropic level
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Detailed explanation-1: -Biomass refers to the mass or weight of living tissue or biological organisms in a given area. There are two types of food chains : DFC (detritus food chain)-It begins with dead and decaying organic material.
Detailed explanation-2: -Biomass is the total mass of organisms at a trophic level.
Detailed explanation-3: -Biomass. The total amount of living tissue within a trophic level.
Detailed explanation-4: -Biomass refers to the mass of living organisms, including plants, animals, and microorganisms, or, from a biochemical perspective, cellulose, lignin, sugars, fats, and proteins.
Detailed explanation-5: -Biomass is lost between the different trophic levels. Producers are mostly plants and algae which transfer about 1 % of the incident energy from light for photosynthesis. Only approximately 10 % of the biomass from each trophic level is transferred to the level above it.