In the context of environment and ecology 39 standing crop 39 refers to ........

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In the context of environment and ecology, 'standing crop' refers to:

the mass of living material at a particular time at any trophic level.

a community of herbs and shrubs.

a growing crop ready for harvest.

the mass of inorganic nutrients found in an ecosystem

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Explanation:

Each trophic level has a certain mass of living material at a particular time called the standing crop. The standing crop is measured as the mass of living organisms (biomass) or the number in a unit area. Hence option (a) is the correct answer.
The standing state is the number of inorganic nutrients found in an ecosystem.