Answer to Question #64520 in Ecology for Sanjukta Ghosh

Question

I came across Lindeman's 10% law in school.
I was reading Ecology: Principles and Applications By J. L. Chapman, M. J. Reiss and they mentioned two contradictory statements:

1. The 10% law, i.e. the trophic efficiency is always 10%
2. The trophic efficiency increases with trophic level (which was substantiated by data).

This is the statistics:

http://dropcanvas.com/sfe7p

What is right? Is Lindeman's 10% law actually valid?

Answer 1

Dear Sanjukta Ghosh, your question requires a lot of work, which neither of our experts is ready to perform for free. We advise you to convert it to a fully qualified order and we will try to help you. Please click the link below to proceed: Submit order