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| Plants and other primary producers |
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Herbivores that consume autotrophs
Detritovores that consume dead organic matter |
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| Carnivores that consume animals from the level below |
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| Primary producers get energy from outside sources |
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| Primary producers create their own energy through photosynthesis |
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| Terrestrial Energy Flow and Biomass |
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| Most of the the energy and biomass is in the primary produres and decreases as the trophic levels. |
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| Aquatic Energy Flow & Biomass |
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Energy is highest at the primary producers and decreases at the higher trophic levels
Biomass is lowest at the primary producers and increases at the higher trophic levels |
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| Amount of energy at one trophic level divide by the amount of energy at the trophic leve immidiately below it |
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| Resources that limit Net Primary Productivity determine energy flow through an ecosystem |
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| Energy flow is governed by predator consumption rates at highest trophic level, which influences multiple trophic levels below them |
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| A series of trophic interactions that result in changes in biomass and species composition |
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| All the organisms in a given area as well as the physical environment in which they live |
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