Question

What happens to the energy during its transfer from producers to apex consumers?Does it remain trapped in the apex consumer?Does it remain in the body of apex consumer till it's death?

Answer 1

Answer:

• The energy transfers from the lower trophic level to the highest trophic level. But the amount of energy keeps decreasing in the food chain as we go towards higher trophic levels (producers → primary consumers (herbivores) → secondary consumers → → → → apex consumers). According to the 10% law of Lindeman, only 10% of energy transfers to the next trophic level from the previous one. For example, if producers have 100% energy, then 10%, 1%, 0.1%, and so on transfer to the primary, secondary, tertiary consumers, and so on, respectively.
• No, the energy in the apex consumers will not remain trapped in them after their death. It will transfer to the decomposers, detritivores, parasites, etc.

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