Solutions For 9780131905429 Chapter 3.2 Problem 5A

Only about 10 percent of the energy available within one trophic level is transferred to organisms at the next trophic level. If 100 percent of the energy is available to the producers, 10 percent is transferred to the first level consumers, 1 percent to the second level consumers, 0.1 percent to the third level consumers, 0.01 percent is available to the top level consumers if the food chain has five trophic levels.