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The biomass pyramid in the marine biome is inverted when compared to terrestrial biomes. What explains this difference? Primary producers in the ocean are mostly short-lived, and do not accumulate biomass in the form of roots and trunks Primary producers in the ocean are mostly long-lived and accumulate biomass in the form of stipes and thalli The ocean provides a much greater surface area over which to collect solar energy Sunlight is scattered when it hits water, so solar energy can only be efficiently collected in shallow water

          The biomass pyramid in the marine biome is inverted when compared to terrestrial biomes. What explains this difference?

Primary producers in the ocean are mostly short-lived, and do not accumulate biomass in the form of roots and trunks

Primary producers in the ocean are mostly long-lived and accumulate biomass in the form of stipes and thalli

The ocean provides a much greater surface area over which to collect solar energy

Sunlight is scattered when it hits water, so solar energy can only be efficiently collected in shallow water

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The biomass pyramid in the marine biome is inverted when compared to terrestrial biomes. What explains this difference?

Primary producers in the ocean are mostly short-lived, and do not accumulate biomass in the form of roots and trunks

Primary producers in the ocean are mostly long-lived and accumulate biomass in the form of stipes and thalli

The ocean provides a much greater surface area over which to collect solar energy

Sunlight is scattered when it hits water, so solar energy can only be efficiently collected in shallow water

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The biomass pyramid in the marine biome is inverted when compared to terrestrial biomes. What explains this difference? Primary producers in the ocean are mostly short-lived, and do not accumulate biomass in the form of roots and trunks Primary producers in the ocean are mostly long-lived and accumulate biomass in the form of stipes and thalli The ocean provides a much greater surface area over which to collect solar energy Sunlight is scattered when it hits water; so solar energy can only be efficiently collected in shallow water

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