Multiple choice

Ten percent law for the transfer of energy from one trophic level to the next was given by

  1. Alexander Fleming

  2. Lindemann

  3. Edward Jenner

  4. Erwin Chargaff
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Explanation

Lindemann in 1942 put forth ten percent law for the transfer of energy from one trophic level to the next. According to the law, during the transfer of organic food from one trophic level to the next, only about ten percent of the organic matter is stored as flesh. The remaining is lost during transfer or broken down in respiration.

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