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Published on: August 20, 2026
Regarding 10% law.
(I) This law was put forward by Lindemann in 1942.
(II) According to this law, during the transfer of food energy from one tropical level to the other, only about 10% is stored at higher trophic level and the remaining 90% is lost in respiration, decomposition and waste in the form of heat.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Lindemann proposed the 10% law in 1942. It states that only about 10% of energy is transferred to the next trophic level, while most is lost as heat and through life processes.
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