Biology: The Dynamic Science (MindTap Course List)
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Chapter 54, Problem 11TYK
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The factors that affect the primary productivity of a vegetable garden, the ways to increase the productivity, and the possible consequences of gardening activities to nearby ecosystems.
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Plants are the producers that prepare their food by photosynthesis. Photosynthesis transform solar energy into chemical energy. Gross primary productivity, abbreviated as GPP is defined as the rate at which plants transformation of the solar energy into chemical energy occur in the plants.
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Ch. 54.1 - In the generalized compartment model of...Ch. 54.1 - Prob. 2SBCh. 54.1 - Prob. 3SBCh. 54.2 - What is the difference between gross primary...Ch. 54.2 - What environmental factors influence rates of...Ch. 54.2 - Why is energy lost from an ecosystem at every...Ch. 54.2 - Prob. 4SBCh. 54.3 - Prob. 1SBCh. 54.3 - Prob. 2SBCh. 54.3 - Prob. 3SB
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