Productivity is the rate of organic
matter or biomass production. The average
ocean productivity is about 50 grams carbon per
square meter per year; while, the average land
productivity is 160 grams carbon per square
meter per year. Salt marshes and mangroves
have one of the highest productivity of 3300-
6000 grams carbon per square meter per year. So
the correct sequence of ecosystem in the order
decreasing productivity is: Mangroves >
Grasslands > Lakes > Oceans.