Abstract
Of the pathways of energy flow through the ecosystem: sensible heat, reflection, evapotranspiration and metabolism, metabolism is usually the narrowest but nevertheless the most important road. The entrance key to this pathway is photosynthesis. The first important observable effect is plant biomass accumulation: the net primary productivity (NPP).
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Lieth, H. (1975). Primary productivity in ecosystems: comparative analysis of global patterns. In: van Dobben, W.H., Lowe-McConnell, R.H. (eds) Unifying Concepts in Ecology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1954-5_7
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