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What is secondary productivity? Explain its types.

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The amount of energy stored in the tissues of heterotrophs or consumers is called secondary productivity.

1. Gross secondary productivity: It is equivalent to the total amount of plant material ingested by the herbivores minus the materials lost as faces.

2. Net secondary productivity : Storage of energy or biomass by consumers per unit area per unit time, after respiratory loss is called net secondary productivity.



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