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NEET2010BotanyEcosystemActual

The biomass available for consumption by the herbivores and the decomposers is called

Options

  1. Anet primary productivity
  2. Bsecondary productivity
  3. Cstanding crop
  4. Dgross primary productivity

Correct answer

A. net primary productivity

Step-by-step solution

Net Primary Productivity (NPP) is the weight of organic matter stored by producers in a unit area/volume per unit time. NPP is equal to the rate of organic matter created by photosynthesis minus the rate of respiration and other loses. Stored biomass is transferred from one trophic level to another trophic level. Secondary Productivity is the rate of energy storage at consumers levels-herbivores, carnivorous and decomposers. Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) is referred as total rate of photosynthesis including the

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