Question

a) explain the significance of ecological pyramids with the help of an example?
b)why are the pyramids referred to as upright or inverted? explain.

Answer 1

Answer:

a) Ecological pyramids represent producers at the base, while the apex represents the top level consumers present in the ecosystem. Significances: They help in comparing different ecosystems. ... They help in studying amount of energy transfer, biomass production, number of organisms at each trphic levels in ecosystems.

b) These pyramids are called upright pyramids. It means producers are more in number and in biomass than the herbivores, and herbivores are more in number and biomass than the carnivores. ... The pyramid of biomass in sea is also generally inverted because the biomass of fishes far exceeds that of phytoplankton.

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