- biomass
- noun Date: 1934 1. the amount of living matter (as in a unit area or volume of habitat) 2. plant materials and animal waste used especially as a source of fuel
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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biomass — The total weight of living matter, whether in an entire community, at a particular trophic level, or of a particular kind of organism in the community. Thus we may refer to the biomass of a pond community, of herbivores in the pond, or of… … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
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