Chapter 9 : Ecosystem

Ecological Pyramid
Pyramid of Numbers
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Ecological Pyramid
• In a feeding interaction,when a trophic level increases , the
number of individuals, biomass and total energy contained
in each individual for each trophic level will change.
• All these factors can be describe in the form of ecological
pyramids which consist :
a) Pyramid of numbers
b) Pyramid of biomass
c) Pyramid of energy
 Pyramid of Numbers
• A diagram which shows the number of organisms at every trophic
level in a food chain.
Third
Secondary trophic level
consumers
Second
trophic level Primary
consumers
First
Producers trophic level
 Quarternary
consumers

Tertiary
consumers
The number of
organisms , the
Secondary
size of organism . consumers

Primary
consumers

Producers