Which of the following is NOT a limitation of ecological pyramids?
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Correct answer: It cannot represent the number of individual organisms at each trophic level
Ecological pyramids can indeed show the number of organisms (Pyramid of Numbers). Their limitations include ignoring food webs, saprophytes, and species that occupy multiple trophic levels.
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