Primary production
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primary-production-162-3603610
title:
Primary production
text:
In ecology, primary production is the synthesis of organic compounds from atmospheric or aqueous carbon dioxide. It principally occurs through the process of photosynthesis, which uses light as its source of energy, but it also occurs through chemosynthesis, which uses the oxidation or reduction of inorganic chemical compounds as its source of energy. Almost all life on Earth relies directly or indirectly on primary production. The organisms responsible for primary production are known as primar
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Synthesis of organic compounds from carbon dioxide by biological organisms
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_production
date created:
2003-04-10T13:59:51Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T16:50:39Z
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