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what is mean by net primary productivity

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Net primary production (NPP) is the total energy or nutrients accumulated by an ecological unit such as an organism, a population, or an entire community. It is represented as the Gross primary productivity (GPP) minus respiration losses (R)
NPP = GPP- R

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