Pyramids of biomass and numbers

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Year 11 Biology Flashcards on Pyramids of biomass and numbers, created by Dan Arnold on 09/05/2017.
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Basic feeding of biomass Animals the further a food chain is along the less biomass each species has For example 1000kg Pear Trees FEEDS 5kg Aphids FEEDS 1.5kg Ladybirds FEEDS 0.5kg Partridges
What is biomass and what do the sections mean Biomass is the dry mass (mass with no water content) of an entire species Each section of the pyramid is one biomass value of a species
What is a pyramid of numbers A pyramid of numbers represents the number of species in each stage of the food chain
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