Question

Justify the importance of decomposers in an ecosystem.

Answer 1

Decomposers are organisms that break down the dead organic matter into simpler substances to release energy and nutrients. They play an important role in the conduit of energy and nutrients in an ecosystem. By carrying out nutrient recycling, they make it available for uptake by plants. Without them, waste would pile up in the environment making it unavailable for plants and producers. They serve as a completing link of food chains, they begin where grazing food chain ends and their own end forms the basis of GFC, as plants/producers uptake the nutrients released by them.