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Primary production

In ecology, primary production is the synthesis of organic compounds from atmospheric or aqueous carbon dioxide. It principally occurs through the process of photosynthesis, which uses light as its source of energy, but it also occurs through chemosynthesis, which uses the oxidation or reduction of inorganic chemical compounds as its source of energy.…

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Gross primary production and net primary production

Terrestrial production

Oceanic production

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Human impact and appropriation

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Primary production

Nodes176
Edges175
Triples148
Avg. degree1.99
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Primary production

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has impact · 22
Primary production → Although, Earth's, Earth's NPP, Ecological Economics, European Society, HANPP, Human, Human Appropriation, In, It, Josep Garí, Net Primary Production, Nile, NPP, NPP0, NPPact, Planet, Planet's, Reductions, Scientists
related to Terrestrial production · 16
Primary production → Before, C3, C4, CAM, Certain, Crassulacean, Diffusion, Earth's, On, PAR, Primary, The, These, Transpiration, Water, While
related to Global · 14
Primary production → As, Earth, GPP, Gt, However, LAI, NDVI, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, NOT, Of, Pg, Scaling, SI Gt, Using
related to Terrestrial · 12
Primary production → Although, ANPP, Belowground, Biomass, BNPP, Estimates, Field, However, In, NPP, The, There
related to Iron · 11
Primary production → Another, Earth's, High-Nutrient, HNLC, In, Low-Chlorophyll, North Pacific, Some, Southern, These, This
related to Oceanic production · 9
Primary production → Algae, Eubacteria, In, Larger, Sargassum, There, They, Unlike, Vascular
related to Light · 8
Primary production → As, For, Light, Net, The, This, Turbulent, When
related to Present and Past Estimates · 8
Primary production → Another, Earth's, Earth's Great Oxidation Event, Historical, Neoproterozoic, One, Present, Together
measured by · 7
Primary production → Also, Biomass, Gross, Scale, Shallow, The, There
related to Aquatic · 7
Primary production → Carbon, Gaarder, Gran, In, Oxygen, Oxygen/Argon Ratios, Stable

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production primary net water carbon productivity light biomass photosynthesis also terrestrial gross npp energy nutrients used organisms plants respiration measure

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Primary productionis asynthesis of organic compounds from atmospheric or aqueous carbon dioxide0.90text
Primary productionis arate at which all the autotrophs in an ecosystem produce net useful chemical energy0.90text
Primary productionis amicronutrient iron0.90text
Primary productionis afraction of gross production remaining after these loss processes have consumed some of the fixed carbon.Loss processes can range between 10 and 600.90text
cellular respirationinstance ofthe former accounting for losses to processes0.80text
the latter notinstance ofthe former accounting for losses to processes0.80text
glucoseinstance oftypically molecules0.80text
mossesinstance ofwith a small fraction coming from algae and non-vascular plants0.80text
liverwortsinstance ofwith a small fraction coming from algae and non-vascular plants0.80text
the seagrassesinstance ofVascular plants are also represented in the ocean by groups0.80text
the North Atlantic is highly seasonalinstance ofprimary production in temperate regions0.80text
varying with both incident light at the water's surfaceinstance ofprimary production in temperate regions0.80text

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