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The ten percent law of energy transfer was given by:

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RRB NTPC 2019 CBT 1 Question Paper (8-Mar-2021) (Shift 2)
The correct answer is
Raymond Lindeman

Ten Percent Law of Energy Transfer

The Ten Percent Law describes the efficiency of energy transfer between trophic levels in an ecosystem. It states that only about 10% of the energy from one trophic level is incorporated into the biomass of the next level.

  • This ecological principle was elucidated by Raymond Lindeman, who studied energy flow in ecosystems.
  • Therefore, the correct option identifying the proponent of the Ten Percent Law is B.
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