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What ecosystem contributes most to global net primary productivity?
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∙ 10y ago
In terms of NPP per unit area, the most productive systems are estuaries, swamps and marshes, tropical rain forests, and temperate rain forests
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 12y agoEstuaries, Tropical rain forests and swamps & marshes. because of the amoutn of water and nutrients in the areas.
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∙ 13y agoTropical rainforest, but not quite sure exactly how much that rate is.
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∙ 13y agolowest = desert
highest = warm/ wet tropics
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∙ 11y agoarctic ice shelf
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∙ 10y agoraow
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∙ 11y agotropical regions
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Tropical rain forest
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