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A. 2

Explanation: primary consumer consume producers which are the bottom ones so 17000 are primary consumers.

(2) number in the diagram represents the primary consumers in a mangrove swamp

Primary Consumers

Primary consumers make up the second trophic level. They are also called herbivores. They eat primary producers- plants and algae and nothing else. For example, a grasshopper living in everglades is a primary consumer. Energy moves through an ecosystem in a single direction. First it flows from Sun to autotrophs, or producers. Then it flows from producers to primary consumers. Energy decreases as it goes upwards

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