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Definition

Net Primary Productivity (NPP). The biological productivity, that is the rate of conversion in a given location of physical energy (sunlight) into biological energy (through photosynthesis) in the form of organic carbon that becomes available for other trophic levels in the ecosystem [1]. NPP is the regenerative rate of a stock of primary producers.

References

  1. Levin, 2009