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Assertion: During an ecological succession, the number of species increases, the community biomass increases and the community's ratio of respiration to photosynthesis also increases.
Reason: At climax community of an ecological succession, the rate of photosynthesis of a community is almost equal to the rate of respiration.

A

Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for assertion.

B

Both Assertion and reason are correct but Reason is not the correct Explanation for Assertion.

C

Assertion is correct but reason is incorrect.

D

Both Assertion and Reason Are incorrect.

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B
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