Primary productivity of planet earth: biological determinants and physical constraints in terrestrial and aquatic habitats

Abstract

The habitability of our planet depends on interlocking climate and biogeochemical systems. Living organisms have played key roles in the evolution of these systems. Now man is perturbing the climate/biogeochemical systems at an unprecedented pace. 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