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The ration of food energy assimilated to the food energy ingested is called:

Correct answer: D. Assimilation efficiency

  • A. Trophic level efficiency
  • B. Photosynthetic efficiency
  • C. Net production efficiency
  • D. Assimilation efficiency

Explanation

Assimilation efficiency is the proportion of ingested food energy that is absorbed or assimilated rather than egested. It differs from production efficiency, which concerns the fraction of assimilated energy converted into new biomass.

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