Only 10% of energy available at each trophic level moves on to the next level. What happens to the other 90%

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Killian Burch

9 April, 03:42

Only 10% of energy available at each trophic level moves on to the next level. What happens to the other 90%

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The amount of energy at each trophic level decreases as it moves through an ecosystem. As little as 10 percent of the energy at any trophic level is transferred to the next level; the rest is lost largely through metabolic processes as heat.