Consumption efficiency is calculated as
A) consumed energy times net production energy of the next lower trophic level.
B) net production energy of the next lower trophic level divided by consumed energy.
C) consumed energy divided by net production energy of the next higher trophic level.
D) consumed energy divided by net production energy of the next lower trophic level.
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