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biomass

Organic matter produced by plants and other photosynthetic producers; total dry weight of all living organisms that can be supported at each trophic level in a food chain or web; dry weight of all organic matter in plants and animals in an ecosystem; plant materials and animal wastes used as fuel.

Subject: 
Environmental Science [1]
Vocabulary: 
Chapter 4 - Ecosystems: Components, Energy Flow, and Matter Cycling [2]

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