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necromass
necromass n.
Brit. 
/ˈnɛkrə(ʊ)mas/
, /ˈnɛkrə(ʊ)mas/U.S. /ˈnɛkrəˌmæs/
Ecology organic material consisting of or derived from dead organisms; (also) the total mass of dead organisms (of a given type, in a given area, etc.) (cf. biomass n.)./ˈnɛkrəˌmæs/ΚΠ
1980 Oikos 34 78/2 Living and dead root fragments (biomass and necromass respectively) were sorted into different species.
1988 Amer. Midland Naturalist 120 405 Mean annual lateral root biomass and necromass to 40cm, determined from soil cores, were 583 and 281 g/m3, respectively.
1991 R. S. K. Barnes & K. H. Mann Fund. Aquatic Ecol. (ed. 2) viii. 153/2 Much of the mass of a living colony is..the accumulated dead remains of previous overgrown modules. It is necromass, the substance of which coral reefs and forests are composed.
2000 New Scientist 25 Mar. 100/3 Recent European Union publications on the natural environment refer to CWD [sc. coarse woody debris] as ‘necromass’. Poetic it isn't.
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