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How is biomass calculated?


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Biomass:

  1. Biomass is known as the total organic matter (carbon-based).
  2. Biomass includes the mass of all living organisms.
  3. It can be calculated by subtracting the decrease in the amount of biomass from the amount of increase in biomass.

Net Biomass = Gross increase in biomass – Gross decrease in biomass.


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