Biomass (ecology) Totally Explained

Everything about Biomass Ecology totally explained

In ecology, biomass refers to the accumulation of life that's possibly living matter. That is, it's the total living biologica (usually measured per square metre or square kilometre). This means that only 30% of the weight of any creature is counted, the rest being water.
The most successful animal, in terms of biomass, is the Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, with a biomass of probably over 500 million tons, roughly twice the total biomass of humans. The entire earth contains about 75 billion tons of biomass, or 0.00000000126% of the total mass of the Earth. Humans comprise about 100 million tons (0.13%) of the Earth's biomass, domesticated animals about 700 million (1.0%), and crops about 2 billion tons or 2.7% of the Earth's biomass. The total biomass of bacteria is estimated to equal that of plants .
Biomass may also be a measure of the dried organic mass of an ecosystem. As the trophic level increases, the biomass of each trophic level decreases. That is, producers (grass, trees, scrubs, etc.) have a much higher biomass than animals that consume them (deer, zebras, insects, etc.). The level with the least biomass is the highest predators in the food chain (foxes, eagles, etc.) Biomass is also influenced by net primary productivity (NPP).

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