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In a wetland, we know that gross primary productivity is 12 kg C/m²-year and that the producers respire at a mean rate of 3 kg C/m²-year. If the net ecosystem production is 4 kg C/m²-year, then what is the rate of respiration of heterotrophs in kg C/m²-year.

Name: In a wetland, we know that gross primary productivity is 12 kg C/m²-year and that the producers respire at a mean rate of 3 kg C/m²-year. If the net ecosystem production is 4 kg C/m²-year, then what is the rate of respiration of heterotrophs in kg C/m²-year.
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Description: In a wetland, we know that gross primary productivity is 12 kg C/m²-year and that the producers respire at a mean rate of 3 kg C/m²-year. If the net ecosystem production is 4 kg C/m²-year, then what is the rate of respiration of heterotrophs in kg C/m²-year.

          In a wetland, we know that gross primary productivity is 12 kg C/m²-year and that the producers respire at a mean rate of 3 kg C/m²-year. If the net ecosystem production is 4 kg C/m²-year, then what is the rate of respiration of heterotrophs in kg C/m²-year.

In a wetland, we know that gross primary productivity is 12 kg C/m²-year and that the producers respire at a mean rate of 3 kg C/m²-year. If the net ecosystem production is 4 kg C/m²-year, then what is the rate of respiration of heterotrophs in kg C/m²-year.

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Step 1: The net ecosystem production (NEP) is the difference between gross primary productivity (GPP) and respiration of producers (R): NEP = GPP - R Show more…

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In a wetland, we know that gross primary productivity is 12 kg(C)/(m^2)-year and that the producers respire at a mean rate of 3 kg(C)/(m^2)-year. If the net ecosystem production is 4 kg(C)/(m^2)-year, then what is the rate of respiration of heterotrophs in kg(C)/(m^2)-year.