Trophic position — Science definition
A place in the feeding sequence — producers, then those eating them, then those eating those.
Where it is taught
- Energy Pyramids & Transfer Efficiency — Ecosystems, Matter & Energy, Life Science & Scientific Inquiry, Grade 7
In use
A trophic position is a place in that sequence — producers first, then the organisms eating them, then the organisms eating those — and the transfer efficiency is the fraction of energy at one position that ends up at the next.
Energy Pyramids & Transfer Efficiency