A diagrammatic representation of the amount of energy, measured in kilojoules per square metre per year (kJ m−2 yr−1), available at ascending trophic levels of a food chain in a particular habitat (see illustration). A pyramid of energy is the most accurate representation of the energy flow through a food chain as it indicates how much energy is lost at each trophic level (through respiration, etc.). See also bomb calorimeter. Compare pyramid of biomass; pyramid of numbers.
Pyramid of energy
- distributed transaction
- distributed transaction coordinator
- distribution
- distributional equity
- distributional weight
- distribution coefficient
- distribution control
- distribution counting sort
- distribution-free test
- distribution function
- distribution of terms
- distribution((probability))
- distribution(Schwartz distribution)
- distribution‐free methods
- distributive
- distributive judgement
- distributive justice
- distributive lattice
- distributive law
- distributive laws
- distributivity
- disturbance
- disturbance term
- disturbed days((geomagnetic))
- disulphide bridge