Biomass can be lost between stages because not all of the matter eaten by an organism is digested. Some of it is excreted as waste such as solid faeces

Biomass can be lost between stages because of: excretion - water and urea. It is excreted in urine.

Energy transfers between trophic levels may not be complete. Small amounts of energy, or biomass, may be lost at each trophic level for the following reasons.

Some energy is lost via the the primary organism's waste products (such as urine and faeces).Some energy is lost as heat produced as a product of ...

As you move up the trophic levels, the biomass decreases. This is known as the 'pyramid of biomass'. The reason for this decrease is due to energy loss at each ...

22 авг. 2024 г. · Not all biomass is transferred from one trophic level to the next · Approximately, only 10% of the biomass of each trophic level is passed on to ...

7 янв. 2018 г. · 1) some biomass is lost in faeces herbivores cannot digest all of the plant material they eat, since they do not have the enzymes, eg to digest cellulose.

22 нояб. 2024 г. · Large amounts of energy are lost from the ecosystem between one trophic level and the next level as energy flows from the primary producers through the various ...

As energy is lost between trophic levels, higher trophic levels store less energy as carbon compounds and so have less biomass.