alleryGross primary productivity minus respiration losses gives which quantity?
ANet partial
BNet personal
CNet primary
DNet postal
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Net primary
1. Productivity comes in a gross and a net version.
2. Plants use up part of what they fix in respiration.
3. Gross primary productivity minus respiration losses is the net primary productivity.
4. So the answer is net primary productivity.
_Source: syllabus Biology, Ch 12 'Ecosystem'_
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