Organisms at a higher trophic level have less energy available. Comment.

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According to Lindeman's $10\%$ Law,only $10\%$ of the energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next higher trophic level in an ecosystem.
- The remaining $90\%$ of the energy is either used by the organisms at the current trophic level for their metabolic activities (like respiration,growth,and reproduction) or lost as heat to the environment.
- As we move to higher trophic levels,the amount of available energy decreases significantly.
- Consequently,organisms at the highest trophic levels (top carnivores) receive the least amount of energy,which limits the number of trophic levels in a food chain.

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