What is the maximum biomass of grasshoppers that could be supported by this square meter of tundra (i.e. ,if grasshoppers ate all the existing vegetation)?
A)100 g
B)50 g
C)20 g
D)15 g

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The maximum biomass of grasshoppers that could be supported by a square meter of tundra, assuming they consume all available vegetation, is determined by the ecological principle of energy transfer between trophic levels. Typically, only about 10% of the energy from one trophic level is transferred to the next. If the vegetation biomass is 200g/m^2, then 10% of that would be available to the grasshoppers, which is 20g/m^2.

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