- trophic level
- noun Date: 1942 one of the hierarchical strata of a food web characterized by organisms which are the same number of steps removed from the primary producers
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trophic level
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trophic level — in ecosystems, each level of energy storage which is also a food supply for the next … Geography glossary
trophic level — noun A particular position occupied by a group of organisms in a food chain … Wiktionary
trophic level — troph′ic lev el n. ecl ecl each of the levels of feeding that together form a food chain • Etymology: 1940–45 … From formal English to slang
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