Environment & Ecology · Ecological Pyramids
In an aquatic ecosystem, why do phytoplankton maintain a lower standing biomass than zooplankton, resulting in an inverted biomass pyramid?
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- 1They require a massive amount of solar radiation to sustain their rapid growth.
- 2They are consumed by herbivores as quickly as they reproduce.✓
- 3They lose the majority of their stored chemical energy as heat during metabolic processes.
- 4They sink to the ocean floor before being consumed by primary herbivores.
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They are consumed by herbivores as quickly as they reproduce.
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