Numeric pyramid and tropic level

Question

Explain within the numeric pyramid to which tropic level does base always refer to.

Answer 1

In the numeric pyramid, base corresponds to the first tropic level, i.e., to producers. The top level of pyramid generally corresponds to last consumer order of food chain (as the number of individual decomposers, most of them microorganisms, is too large to get represented).

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