What happens to the biomass of the organism as trophic levels increase?

Answer 1

Energy and biomass decrease as the trophic levels increase.

The general rule is that only about 10% of the total energy consumed from the previous trophic level will be passed onto the next level as useable energy. As a result it takes a large biomass of producers (plants) to support the total biomass of primary consumers. The primary consumers use the energy they obtain from the plants to maintain body temperature and move or it is lost as waste. Most energy is considered to be lost as heat. This pattern is repeated for secondary consumers and so on. (This is a generality; the amount of energy transferred changes in real situations.)

All life is directly related to the original energy source, in most cases the sun. The higher up you go in the trophic level, the less life (overall biomass) that can be supported by the original energy source due to the loss of energy in each level.

Answer 2

As the trophic levels increase the biomass decreases.

Answer 3

The amount of accumulated energy passed on to that level increases.

Answer 4

The biomass of organisms at each level decrease by 90% as the levels increase.

Answer 5

It Decreases

Answer 6

as you move up to the ecological pyramid it decrease :)