Biomass

how can biomass be measured

in terms of mass of carbon or dry mass of tissue per given area

what forms biomass

sugars synthesised by plants are used as respiratory substrates, but the remainder are used to form biological molecules which form the biomass of plants

what is gross primary production (GPP)

the rate at which carbon dioxide is fixed into glucose, aka the amount of energy absorbed by a plant that is turned into glucose by photosynthesis

What is net primary production (NPP)

the chemical energy available to heterotrophs in an ecosystem

energy of glucose not used for respiration by producers but is turned into biomass instead

What is the NPP equation

GPP - Respiration