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Trophic

Term · Chemistry · MLC-T-CHM-012313

Relating to nutrition, in ecology especially to the way organisms obtain food and pass energy along a food chain. Producers make their own food from light or chemical energy, primary consumers eat producers, secondary consumers eat primary consumers, and decomposers feed on dead material from every level. Each step up to a higher trophic level typically passes on only about 10 percent of the energy of the level below.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CHM-012313
FieldChemistry
SubjectChemistry and Human Health
ReferencesPAC, 2009, 81, 829. 'Glossary of terms used in ecotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)' on page 959 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-08-07-09)
Record as JSON 
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  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "Relating to nutrition, in ecology especially to the way organisms obtain food and pass energy along a food chain. Producers make their own food from light or chemical energy, primary consumers eat producers, secondary consumers eat primary consumers, and decomposers feed on dead material from every level. Each step up to a higher trophic level typically passes on only about 10 percent of the energy of the level below.",
  "subject": "Chemistry and Human Health",
  "references": [
    "PAC, 2009, 81, 829. 'Glossary of terms used in ecotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)' on page 959 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-08-07-09)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/trophic/"
}

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