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If the secondary consumer in an ecosystem has 560 kcal/m^2yr of energy, how much energy do the producers have?

If the secondary consumer in an ecosystem has 560 kcal/m^2yr of energy, how much energy-example-1
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B

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Got it right on the test

User Anconia
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Answer:

B

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What you have is correct I believe, typically we see net productivity usually drops by a factor of ten from one trophic level to the next. But here we are trying to go back from secondary consumer ----> primary consumer ----> producer. So if we had started from 56,000 then we would have 560 by the time we reach secondary consumer.

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