The productivity of all the autotrophs including green plants, protists and bacteria is called as
A
Secondary productivity
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B
Primary productivity
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C
NPP
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D
GPP
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Solution
The correct option is B Primary productivity Primary productivity is the amount of energy captured by primary producers during photosynthesis on a square meter of land each year. Autotrophic organisms are often primary producers in their ecosystems. They acquire their useful free energy from sources other than food: either from the energy of sunlight (photoautotrophs) or from oxidative chemical reactions (chemoautotrophs). Autotrophic organisms (chemosynthetic and photosynthetic bacteria, algae, and plants) are primary producers.