The way energy passes through an ecosystem is described as energy flow. Herbivores (plant eating animals) are primary consumers. Carnivores (animals who eat other animals) are secondary consumers ...

Most energy flow diagrams in textbooks show production ... IBP was to quantify energy flow through trophic levels in various ecosystems, both aquatic and terrestrial, around the world.

Each food chain is a descriptive diagram including a series of ... of energy transfer in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Patterns of energy flow through different ecosystems may differ ...