Question

The food web shows how energy flows through an estuarine ecosystem

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Image courtesy of the United States Geological Survey
Energy that is captured by producers moves through the trophic levels of the food web. Which
organism is in a trophic level that obtains a smaller proportion of this energy than the proportion at the
wading bird's level?
Question

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Energy captured by the producers is lost at each trophic level of a food web. Primary consumers obtain the greatest proportion of the energy that was captured by the producers, followed by secondary consumers, then tertiary consumers, and finally top predators.

In the estuarine food web, the wading bird is a secondary consumer because it eats small planktivorous fish, which are primary consumers. The bald eagle is a tertiary consumer and a top predator because it eats secondary and tertiary consumers. Because the bald eagle is a tertiary consumer, it receives a smaller proportion of the energy captured by the producers than do the wading birds.

So, the organism that is in a trophic level that obtains a smaller proportion of the energy captured by the producers than the proportion at the wading bird's level is the bald eagle.

Answer 2

I think herbivores

Step-by-step explanation:

Because the trophic pyramid is a graphical representation of the relationship between the number and mass of plants, herbivores and carnivores in the ecosystem.And herbivores are below carnivores.