n: Diagram representing the biomass (total dry weight of living organisms) that can be supported at each trophic level in a food web. The bottom of the pyramid is comprised of primary producers , while the peak of the pyramid is topped by one (or at most a small handful) apex predator . Humans are abnormal in that we cross all ecosystems and biomass pyramids, and in almost every one (excepting the polar caps and deepest of oceanic environments) we are the dominant apex predator.