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In a lake ecosystem, pyramid of biomass is

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Upright
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Inverted
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None of the above
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The correct option is B Inverted
An ecological pyramid of biomass shows the relationship between biomass and trophic level by quantifying the amount of biomass present at each trophic level of an ecological community at a particular moment in time. The .pyramid of biomass may be inverted. For example, in a lake ecosystem, the standing crop of phytoplankton, the major producers, at any given point will be lower than the mass of the heterotrophs, such as fish and insects. This is explained as the phytoplankton reproduce very quickly but have much shorter individual lives.

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