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प्रश्न
Answer the following question.
Describe the inter-relationship between productivity, gross primary productivity, and net productivity.
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उत्तर
The rate of biomass production per unit area, over a time period by plant during photosynthesis is called productivity.
- It is expressed (kcal m-2)yr-1or g/m2/yr or g m-2y-1.
- The amount of biomass or organic matter produced per unit area over a time period in plants during photosynthesis is called primary production.

| * It is the rate of production of organic matter during photosynthesis in an ecosystem. | * It is the weight of the organic matter stored by the produces in a unit area/volume per unit time. |
| * Some of GPP is utilized in respiration. |
NPP = GPP - R |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
What is primary productivity?
Distinguish between primary and secondary productivity.
Secondary productivity is rote of formation of new organic matter by ______.
Which one of the following ecosystem is most productive in term of net primary production?
If A = Gross primary productivity, B = Net primary productivity and C = Respiration losses, then what will be the correct relation between them?
Productivity is the rate of production of biomass expressed in terms of ______.
Why are oceans least productive?
Justify the following statement in terms of ecosystem dynamics. “Nature tends to increase the gross primary productivity, while man tends to increase the net primary productivity”.
In an ecosystem if the Net Primary Productivity (NPP) of first trophic level is 100x(kcal m−2) yr−1, what would be the GPP (Gross Primary Productivity) of the third trophic level of the same ecosystem?
In which standard units is productivity measured in terms of mass?
