Primary Productivity

Primary Productivity is the rate at which energy is converted by photosynthetic and chemosynthetic autotrophs into organic matter in an ecosystem, serving as the foundational biological process that supports trophic dynamics in terrestrial and range ecological systems.

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Range EcologyTerrestrial Ecology

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Aboveground Primary ProductionAnnual Primary ProductionBelowground Primary ProductionClimate Variability Effects On ProductivityDrought Effects On ProductivityEcosystem Carbon UptakeEnvironmental Controls On ProductivityGrassland ProductivityGrazing Effects On ProductivityNutrient-limited Productivity

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5.6K

Primary Production of the Biosphere: Integrating Terrestrial and Oceanic Components

Christopher B. Field, Michael J. Behrenfeld, James T. Randerson et al. · Science · 1998 · 6.4K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Ecology, Oceanography +17

Europe-wide reduction in primary productivity caused by the heat and drought in 2003

P. Ciais, Markus Reichstein, Nicolas Viovy et al. · Nature · 2005 · 4.2K citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Meteorology +14

On the Temperature Dependence of Soil Respiration

Jon Lloyd, John Taylor · Functional Ecology · 1994 · 4.2K citations

Life Sciences, Earth Sciences, Soil Sciences +17

Energy Storage and the Balance of Producers and Decomposers in Ecological Systems

Jerry S. Olson · Ecology · 1963 · 3.8K citations

Life Sciences, Ecology, Environmental Sciences +14

Climate-Driven Increases in Global Terrestrial Net Primary Production from 1982 to 1999

Ramakrishna Nemani, Charles D. Keeling, Hirofumi Hashimoto et al. · Science · 2003 · 3.7K citations

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Ecology +17

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Richard T. Barber
Duke University, United States
26 publications · 6.5K citations
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Carlos M. Duarte
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
35 publications · 5.6K citations
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David M. Karl
University of Hawaii System, United States
26 publications · 2K citations
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Paul G. Falkowski
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States
25 publications · 14.4K citations
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Edward A. Laws
Louisiana State University, United States
30 publications · 4.8K citations
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Limnology and Oceanography
379 publications · 46.4K citations
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Global Change Biology
128 publications · 20.8K citations
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Marine Ecology Progress Series
MEPS · 168 publications · 13.3K citations
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Ecology
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Global Biogeochemical Cycles
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