Pyramid of biomass
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A quantitative diagram in which each trophic level is drawn as a horizontal bar whose area is proportional to the dry mass of living material present.
A stacked bar chart in which each bar represents one trophic level and the bar width is proportional to the biomass at that level.
Topics that use Pyramid of biomass
- Pyramids of biomass (AQA GCSE)
- Transfer of biomass (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Biomass transfer between trophic levels
- Dry mass
- Efficiency of biomass transfer
- egestion
- Energy and biomass loss in food chains
- Energy loss in ecosystems
- Energy loss in food chains
- Fate of incident light
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