Geography A-Level
Ecosystem productivity
What Ecosystem productivity means in Geography A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Ecosystem productivity
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Net primary production is the rate at which plants accumulate energy or biomass, calculated as gross primary production minus respiratory losses.
Topics that use Ecosystem productivity
- Ecosystems and processes (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Climatic climax
- Ecological efficiency
- Ecological succession
- Energy dynamics
- Nutrient cycling
- Plagioclimax
- Sub-climax
- System structure
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