The number of primary consumers would increase when sunlight is reduced.
What is a pond?
It is a small shallow area filled with stagnant fresh water.
What is a pond ecosystem?
It is a community including biotic (plants, animals, microorganisms) and abiotic components in a pond.
What are limiting factors?
It is a variable that is present in a specific quantity and has the ability the keep the ecosystem in check.
Sunlight, carbon dioxide, nutrients, and space can all be limiting factors in the pond ecosystem.
What effect would be on the ecosystem if sunlight was reduced?
- Sunlight is the source of energy in the ecosystem, if sunlight is reduced then the producers will produce comparatively less energy.
- This energy according to the 10% law will be transferred and hence the energy available at a higher trophic level will be less and will result in their decline.
- Since less predation will occur and hence, the number of primary consumers would increase.
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