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An inverted pyramid of biomass can be found in which ecosystem

A

Forest

B

Marine

C

Grassland

D

Tundra

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B
Because the biomass (i.e total amount of mass of organic matter in a unit area of a trophic level at any time ) increases from lower to higher trophic level i.e. from phytoplanktons to zooplanktons and then to fishes.
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