NEETBotanyEcosystem
What is the connection between the detritus food chain and the grazing food chain called?
Options
- AFood chain
- BFood web
- CEnergy flow
- DNatural connection
Correct answer
B. Food web
Step-by-step solution
The natural interconnection of food chains between the detritus food chain and the grazing food chain is called a food web. In an aquatic ecosystem, GFC is the major conduit for energy flow. As against this, in a terrestrial ecosystem, a much larger fraction of energy flows through the detritus food chain than through the GFC. Detritus food chain may be connected with the grazing food chain at some levels: some of the organisms of DFC are prey to the GFC animals, and in a natural ecosystem, some animals like cockro