0
What could cause a decrease in the number of producers in an ecosystem Primary consumers Secondary consumers?
Wiki User
∙ 9y agoWant this question answered?
Be notified when an answer is posted
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Energy is transferred through an ecosystem beginning with the producers of the ecosystem. In a balanced ecosystem how does the number of secondary consumers compare with the number of producers?
You always understand that the producers are 100% of the system. They need 90% for growth and reproduction meaning there is only 10% left to be passed on. For every 100 plants then, only 10 secondary consumers can be carried by the system. This pyramid was advanced by Charles Elton (1927), who pointed out the great difference in the number of the organisms involved in each step of the food chain. Successive links of trophic structure decrease rapidly in number until there are very few carnivores at the top.
Explain how a reduction in the amount of sunlight in an ocean ecosystem could cause greater competition among the consumers?
Less sunlight would likely result in fewer producers. A decrease in producers would cause greater competition among consumers for the decreased food supply.
What happens when secondary ad primary consumers die?
herbivores will reign supreme as there are no secondary consumers to eat them. This means the plants will decrease in population however, herbivores can be eaten by tertiary consumers (humans for example). Hope this answers your question 007 SGS
What would happen if all the producers were eliminated?
If producers were removed from an ecosystem there would be no more food web.
What is a long-term effect of the increased primary productivity of a terrestrial ecosystem?
it can be A)The ecosystem will not be able to support as many tertiary consumers. B)It will decrease the amount of energy transferred to higher trophic levels. C)The ecosystem will be able to support more organisms at higher trophic levels.Eliminate D)The ecosystem will become stagnant due to excess producers and organisms in higher trophic levels will die out.
What decrease in which group in an ecosystem would create instability first?
The decrease in producers that are plants would create instability first. Plants are the source of energy in an ecosystem and energy is introduced in an ecosystem by plants by making food by the process of photosynthesis using inorganic substances and heat energy.
How would an ecosystem be affected by a decline in their numbers?
It could impact the ecosystem immensely. It would decrease the number of animals that feed off the producers, and then decrease the number of animals that feed off those animals etc. Its a massive chain, as soon as you change one little thing everything else changes
What would happen to the ecosystem if one of the organism increase or decrease?
there well be no animal on earth
How might a chipmunk be affected if the decomposers in this ecosystem decrease a lot.?
How can a chipmunk be offected if the decomposers in this ecosystem decrease a lot?
How might ths chipmunk be affected if the decomposers in this ecosystem decrease a lot?
How can a chipmunk be offected if the decomposers in this ecosystem decrease a lot?
How can overpopulation of a species be a problem to an ecosystem?
Over population of a particular species will cause the food chain in that ecosystem to become unstable. Over population will also reduce the amount of producers within an ecosystem (depending if the over population is of a consumer) and will lead to the decrease of other animal species inhabiting the same ecosystem.
If the variety of species in an ecosystem decreases this is a decrease in the system's?
biodiversity
