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Which of the following is not a limitation of ecological pyramids?

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a

Ecological pyramids do not take into account the same species belonging to two or more trophic levels.

b

Ecological pyramids assume a simple food chain, something that almost never exist in nature.

c

The pyramid of energy is inverted unlike the pyramid of numbers or biomass.

d

Saprophytes are not given any place in ecological pyramids even though they play a vital role in the ecosystem.

answer is C.

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The pyramid of energy is always upright and can never be inverted because when energy flows from a particular trophic level to the next trophic level, some energy is always lost as heat at each step.

Limitations of ecological pyramids are:

(a) Any species belonging to two or more trophic levels cannot be represented by ecological pyramids.

(b) Ecological pyramids assume simple food chain (which almost never exists in nature).

(c) Ecological pyramids do not accommodate food web.

(d) Saprophytes are not given any place in ecological pyramids.

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