Skip to main content

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

variable > net primary productivity

Preferred term

net primary productivity  

Definition

  • [ECSO] the amount of primary production available for export (ie, gross, minus losses, like the autotrophs' own respiration, or other loss (exudation) not used by the carbon-fixing organism itself) = gross primary production - autotrophic respiration synonyms: NPP Gross primary production (GPP) minus autotrophic respiration (AR) per unit ground or water area and time.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • NPP

Scope note

  • US LTER controlled vocabulary

Creator

  • herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/21421

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 3/31/16, last modified 12/18/18