TLS Online TPP Program

#Question id: 12426


In an ecosystem, fixed carbon has accumulated in the form of organic matter derived from dead plants and animals. Which of the following is the best explanation for this observation? 

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles
  1. Decomposer activity has been low.
  2. Producers have been utilizing sunlight inadequately.
  3. There have been insufficient numbers of secondary consumers. 
  4. Primary consumers have been absent from the ecosystem.