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    Biology A (Salters-Nuffield) A-Level

    Plant respiration

    What Plant respiration means in Biology A (Salters-Nuffield) A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.

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    The process that releases energy, which is subtracted from gross primary productivity to give net primary productivity.
    Pearson Edexcel · Topic 5: On the Wild Side

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