Level/Population 4/4 3/360 2/780 1/5782 In a simple ecosystem, a census of the populations in four successive trophic levels was taken as shown above. If level 1 is composed of photosynthetic autotrophs, then the trophic level with 780 individuals will most likely represent

a. primary consumers
b. secondary consumers
c. tertiary consumers
d. decomposers
e. producers


Answer: a. primary consumers

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