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3. Flow of energy in an ecosystem is one way
process. The sequence of organism
through which the energy flows, is known
as food chain.
What is Food Chain?
4. •In a food chain each organism obtains energy
from the one at the level below.
•Plants are called producers because they
create their own food through photosynthesis
•Animals are consumers because they cannot
create their own food, they must eat plants or
other animals to get the energy that they need.
Important facts
5. Tropic levels in a food chain
Producers
Consumers
(i) Primary consumers
(ii) Secondary consumers
(iii) Tertiary consumers
(iv) Quaternary consumers
Decomposers
6. Types of Food Chain
(i) Grazing Food Chain
•The consumers utilizing plants as their food , constitute
grazing food chain.
• This food chain begins from green plants and the
primary consumer is herbivore.
• Most of the ecosystem in nature follows this type of
food chain.
Ex: grass => grasshopper => birds => falcon
8. (ii) Detritus food chain
•This type of food chain starts from dead organic matter of
decaying animals and plant bodies to the micro-organisms
and then to detritus feeding organism and to other
predators.
•The food chain depends mainly on the influx of organic
matter produced in another system.
•The organism of the food chain includes algae, bacteria,
fungi, protozoa, insects, nematodes etc.
10. •The knowledge of food chain helps in understanding
the feeding relationship as well as the interaction
between organism and ecosystem.
•It also help in understanding the mechanism of energy
flow and circulation of matter in ecosystem.
•It also helps to understand the movement of toxic
substance and the problem associated with biological
magnification in the ecosystem.
Significance of Food Chain
11.
12. What is food web?
Food web can be defined as, "a network of food chains
which are interconnected at various tropic levels, so as
to form a number of feeding connections amongst
different organisms of a biotic community".
It is also known as consumer-resource system.
13. •A node represents an individual species, or a group of related
species or different stages of a single species.
• A link connects two nodes. Arrows represent links, and
always go from prey to predator.
• The lowest tropic level are called basal species.
energy is
•The highest tropic level are called top predators.
•Movement of nutrients is cyclic but of
unidirectional and non-cyclic.
Important facts
15. • Soil food web
• Aquatic food web
• Food web in forest
• Food web of grassland
• Food web in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystem
Different food webs
21. •Food webs distinguish levels of producers and consumers by
identifying and defining the importance of animal relationships
and food sources, beginning with primary producers such as
plants, insects and herbivores.
•Food webs are important tools in understanding that plants are
the foundation of all ecosystems and food chains, sustaining
life
by providing nourishment and oxygen needed for survival and
reproduction.
•The food web provide stability to the ecosystem.
Significance of Food Web
22.
23. What are Ecological Pyramids?
•Ecological pyramids are
graphical representations
of the tropic structure
ecosystem.
•Tropic levels are the
feeding
positions in a food chain
such as primary producers,
herbivores, primary
carnivore etc.
25. Pyramid of Numbers
•It is the graphic representation of number of
individuals per unit area of various tropic levels.
•Large number of producers tend to form the
base.
•Lower numbers of top carnivores occupy the tip
28. Evaluating pyramid of numbers
ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
Simple method of
giving an overview
Number of specific
species may be too great
to measure accurately
Good for comparing
changes to the ecosystem
at different times
Does not take into
account “juveniles” or
immature forms
All organisms are included
regardless of size
29. Pyramid of biomass
•It is the graphical representation of biomass present
per unit area at different tropic levels, with
producers at the base and carnivores at the top.
•Biomass is calculated as
mass of each individual X no. of individual at tropic levels
30.
31. Evaluating pyramid of biomass
ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
Overcomes the problems
of pyramids of number
Only uses samples for
population so difficult to
measure biomass exactly
Time of year influences
result
Organisms of same size
do not necessarily have
the same energy content
32. Pyramid of productivity
•Pyramid of productivity is a graphical
representation of the flow of energy through
each tropic level of a food chain over a fixed
time period.
•The input of solar energy may be indicated by
adding an extra to the base.
34. Evaluating pyramid of productivity
ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
No inverted pyramids are
obtained
It is difficult and cumbersome
to collect energy data
Shows actual energy
transfer
Problem occurs in assigning
a species to a specific tropic
level
Can be compared different
ecosystems based on
relative energy transfer
35. Disturbances in ecosystem
•Bioaccumulation - When plants / animals take up a chemical from the
environment and do not excrete it,the chemical builds up in the organism over
time to a potentially lethal level.
•Biomagnification - Refers to the sequence of processes that results
in higher concentrations of the chemical in organisms at higher levels in the
food chain. The concentration of the chemical may not affect lower levels of
the food chain but the top levels take in so much it can cause disease or death.
•Extinction of species – Due to decrease in population of various species the
balance of various tropic levels is disturbed as a result some levels have more
accumulation of species while others have very less population.