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| 4016185656 | ecosystems energy budget | the total amount of photosynthetic production; sets the spending limit | 0 | |
| 4016187648 | global energy budget | only 1% of light is used for photosynthesis; most hits ice, soil, or water and is reflected or absorbed by water | 1 | |
| 4016197701 | net primary production | gross primary production minus the energy used by primary producers | 2 | |
| 4016199538 | gross primary production | amount of energy produced by the conversion of sunlight over time | 3 | |
| 4016205348 | net ecosystems production | total biomass accumulated over time | 4 | |
| 4016212045 | NPP= GPP-Ra | net primary production equation? | 5 | |
| 4016214319 | 1/2 | net primary production is generally how much of gross primary production? | 6 | |
| 4016222392 | NEP = GPP-Rt | net ecosystems production equation? | 7 | |
| 4016244146 | light, nutrition | what types of limitations for primary production exist in aquatic environments? | 8 | |
| 4016252059 | 1/2, 15 | according to light limitation, ______ of radiation is absorbed in the first _______ m of water | 9 | |
| 4016255669 | limiting nutrient | element that must be added for production to increase; in marine environments, for example, this is nitrogen and phosphorus | 10 | |
| 4016262415 | O2, clarity | increased algae leads to a decrease in what? | 11 | |
| 4016284282 | fish loss | eutrophication leads to what? | 12 | |
| 4016286023 | eutrophication | this leads to fish loss; controlling it requires knowledge of the polluting factor | 13 | |
| 4016288290 | moisture, temperature | what are the main controlling factors of terrestrial environments? | 14 | |
| 4016290831 | high | wet and warm environments have what kind of productivity? | 15 | |
| 4016292448 | low | dry, cold, or hot environments have what kind of productivity? | 16 | |
| 4016295455 | secondary production | amount of energy in a consumer's food that is converted into new biomass | 17 | |
| 4016301268 | 1/6 | herbivores conserve what fraction of total plant production? | 18 | |
| 4016310177 | detritivores | the vast majority of an ecosystem's production is ultimately consumed by what? | 19 |
