Trophic level

The hierarchy within a food web characterized by organisms that share the same function in a food chain. For example, Trophic level 1 is composed of primary producers (plants and algae) that have the ability to produce their own food from abiotic materials.

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from ICRP Publication 114, 2019

A group of organisms that occupy the same position in a food chain.