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Net primary productivity
The Net Primary Productivity (NPP) of an ecosystem is the rate at which it accumulates energy or biomass, excluding the energy it uses for the process of respiration. This typically corresponds to the rate of photosynthesis, minus respiration by the photosynthesizers.
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