NEET 2000 Biology question

Which is the reason for highest biomass in aquatic ecosystem :

(1)Nano plankton, blue green algae, green algae
(2)Sea grass, and slime molds
(3)Benthonic and brown algaeCorrect
(4)Diatoms

Answer: (3)

Solution

Aquatic ecosystems contain very large standing crops of producers in the form of algae. The large benthonic (bottom-attached) algae, especially the brown algae (kelps and other large seaweeds such as Laminaria, Macrocystis and Sargassum), form the biomass-rich communities (kelp forests) of aquatic ecosystems, so they

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