Consider a simplified ecosystem: grass-mice-weasels-.According to the pyramid of biomass concept,if you were to determine the collective dry weight of all the organisms at each trophic level,the weasels would have the largest biomass and the grasses would have the smallest.

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Consider a simplified ecosystem: grass->mice->weasels->.According to the pyramid of biomass concept,if you were to determine the collective dry weight of all the organisms at each trophic level,the weasels would have the largest biomass and the grasses would have the smallest.

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According to the pyramid of biomass concept, the biomass decreases as you move up the food chain. Therefore, the grasses would have the largest biomass and the weasels would have the smallest.

Consider a Simplified Ecosystem: Grass->Mice->Weasels->