Tag: respiration
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Productivity, Energy Flow & Efficiency – Ecosystem
(Productivity = rate of production) There are two types of productivity: Commonly used productivity unit: Primary Productivity: Producer organisms, including both photosynthetic & chemosynthetic, convert radiant energy to organic substances and the rate at which they convert is termed primary productivity i.e. Rate of conversion of radiant energy to organic substances by producers is termed…
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Ecological Factor: Temperature
Introduction Compared to excessively wide range of temperatures existing in this universe, life is known to exist in very narrow range of temperature only. This in itself indicates that temperature has significant effect on living organisms as a limiting factor. Temperature regulates all chemical processes & many physical processes. It controls feeding, respiration, growth, reproduction,…