Desert Tundra, high mountalns Grassland, shrubland Conlferous forest Temperate deciduous forest Intensve agriculture Tropical ralnforest Estuarles, coral reefs Coastal zone Open ocean 12 14 18 20 1,000 kcalm?lyear FIGURE 4.21 Relative biomass accumulation major world ecosystems. Only plants and some bacteria capture solar energy. Animals consume blomass to bulld their own bodles.

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