Q. Regarding 10% law I. This law was put forward by Lindeman in 1942 II. According to this law, during the transfer of food energy from one tropical level to the other, only about 10% is stored at higher trophic level and the remaining 90% is lost in respiration, decomposition and waste in the form of heat Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A) Only I
B) Only II
C) I and II
D) None of these
Explanation
Only 10% of the herbivore productivity is utilised for raising productivity of primary carnivores. The rest is consumed in ingestion, respiration, maintenance of body heat and retain only 10% of energy present in primary carnivores. It is called 10% law which was proposed by Lindeman, 1942
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