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Energy pyramid

Because so much energy is lost as heat (80 to 90 percent) in each transfer at each trophic level of an ecosystem, the shape of the energy flow is in pyramid form. The conventional distribution of the biomass of an eco-system tends to conform to the energy pyramid.

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