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My brother’s house in Wilmington has a multitude of foliage. These bushes and trees are primary producers. They use the carbon, nitrogen, and other nutrients to help maintain their structure as well as grow. Now that the temperature has increased and rainfall is more frequent these plants have started to become more productive. This means the rate they create and store new matter within themselves increases. This energy stored in plants, as a variety of carbon sources, can be used by animals (secondary producers), but is not fully transferred to the next trophic level. Some of this energy is lost as waste and respiration. As you continue up through the trophic levels more and more of this energy made by primary producers is lost, forcing the higher trophic level organisms to have to consume more organic matter.
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My brother’s house in Wilmington has a multitude of foliage. These bushes and trees are primary producers. They use the carbon, nitrogen, and other nutrients to help maintain their structure as well as grow. Now that the temperature has increased and rainfall is more frequent these plants have started to become more productive. This means the rate they create and store new matter within themselves increases. This energy stored in plants, as a variety of carbon sources, can be used by animals (secondary producers), but is not fully transferred to the next trophic level. Some of this energy is lost as waste and respiration. As you continue up through the trophic levels more and more of this energy made by primary producers is lost, forcing the higher trophic level organisms to have to consume more organic matter.