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Question : Lindeman proposed law of 10% . How will you explain this law in relation to food chain ?

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Solution :The transfer of ENERGY fromproducer to consumer and from consumer to next consumer , at HIGHER trophoic level is ACCOMPANIED by loss of energy all along the path . When plants are EATEN by animal about 10% of energy in the food is fixed into animal FLESH . When a carnivore consumes that animal only about 10% of energy is fixed . Producers `to` Herbiovers
(100 kcal )`""`(10 kcal )
`to` Consumer `- 1 to` Consumer 2
(1 kcal ) `""`(0.1 kcal)


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