What is the purpose of calculating energy content, biomass or numbers of organisms at different trophic…
What is the purpose of calculating energy content, biomass or numbers of organisms at different trophic levels?
To understand the food chain
To calculate the number of species in an ecosystem
To make generalisations about the ecosystem
To understand the functional level of the species
Solution
Any calculations of energy content, biomass or numbers must include all organisms at that trophic level. No generalisations can be true if only a few individuals at any trophic level are taken into account.