The Emergence Machine

Gross Primary Productivity

property · Ecology · Level 16 · E5

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Emergence definition

Gross primary productivity is the rate at which energy is captured by producers in an ecosystem, and is a critical component of ecological systems.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “gross primary productivity” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Historical origin

Origin word
gross primary productivity
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

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Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Primary Productivity L15 (requires)
    An ecological concept relating to gross primary productivity, involving relationships between organisms and their environment.