In a food chain 90% of the energy is lost in the transfer at each trophic level, and only 10% passes as usable biological energy. what will happen if secondary consumers are removed from a food chain? a) energy transfer in the food chain would be completely stopped. b) energy transferred to the tertiary consumers would be increased by 40%. c) energy transfer to the subsequent trophic levels of the food chain will be disturbed. d) producers will transfer more energy to the subsequent trophic levels of the food chain.