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Gross primary productivity is the rate at which organic matter is synthesised by producers per unit area and time.

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Gross primary productivity or GPP is the rate at which energy is captured or organic matter synthesised by the producers per unit area and time. The word here is gross or the sum of everything. It’s equivalent to total photosynthesis and indicates the capacity of producers to assimilate solar energy into living matter.

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