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प्रश्न
“The pyramid of biomass is not always upright.” Explain the statement.
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उत्तर
(i) The pyramid of biomass in sea is generally inverted because the biomass of fishes far exceeds than that of phytoplanktons.
(ii) The pyramid of biomass in terrestrial ecosystems are upright because producers are more in biomass than in herbivores, herbivores are more in biomass than in carnivores.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Give diagrammatic representation of pyramid of numbers.
Describe with examples of pyramids of number and biomass.
Explain with the help of labelled diagrams, the difference between an upright pyramid of biomass and an inverted pyramid of biomass.
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Which of the following organism form the decomposers?
The number of trophic levels in an ecosystem are limited. Comment.
What are the shortcomings of ecological pyramids in the study of ecosystems?
What are the three types of ecological pyramids? What information is conveyed by each pyramid with regard to structure, function and energy in the ecosystem?
Draw a diagram of pyramid of energy.
Describe pyramid of energy with the help of diagram.
