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(D) The pyramid of biomass in a sea ecosystem is generally inverted.This occurs because the standing crop biomass of phytoplankton (producers) is much

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Pyramid of biomass in sea

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(D) The pyramid of biomass in a sea ecosystem is generally inverted.This occurs because the standing crop biomass of phytoplankton (producers) is much smaller than the biomass of zooplankton and small fish (primary consumers) and larger fish (secondary/top consumers) at any given time.This happens because producers have a very high turnover rate, meaning they reproduce and are consumed very rapidly, resulting in a smaller standing biomass compared to the higher trophic levels.

Ecological pyramids represent the relationship between the organisms at different trophic levels and they are generally inverted for :

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