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A forest has a NPP of 2.8 kgC/m2/year and the rate of cellular respiration is 4.8 kgC/m2/year. What is the GPP?
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A forest has a NPP of 2.8 kgC/m2/year and the rate of cellular respiration is 4.8 kgC/m2/year. What is the GPP?

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The net primary productivity of an ecosystem is 1 kgC/ m2/year, and the energy needed by the producers for their own respiration is 1.5 kgC/m2/year.
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