Which of the following statements are incorrect?
(i) The base of each pyramid represents the producers or the first trophic level while the apex represents tertiary or top-level consumer.
(ii) An organism may occupy more than one trophic level simultaneously.
(iii) A species occupy only one trophic level in the same ecosystem at the same time.
(iv) Trophic level represents a functional level, not a species as such.
(v) Energy at a lower trophic level is always more than at a higher level.
(vi) Ecological pyramids does not take into account the same species belonging to two or more trophic levels.
(vii) Ecological pyramids does not accommodate of food web.
(viii) Saprophytes are not given any place in ecological pyramids.
Text Solution
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A species can feed at different trophic levels (like omnivores), so it is not restricted to only one level in an ecosystem.
Ecological pyramids simplify food relationships and may ignore decomposers and food web complexity.
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