Ecological Productivity

In ecology, the production or productivity refers to the rate of generation of biomass(total quantity of weight of organisms) in an ecosystem. It is measured in units of mass per area per time. 

There are two types of ecological productivity. 1)Primary Production. 2)Secondary Production.

1)Primary Production 

Primary Production is something that describes the production of chemical energy in the organic compounds by the producers. The source of energy for primary production is sunlight. But a little amount of energy can be driven by chemosynthesis(biological production of organic compounds). 

Examples of primary production are Carbon dioxide and water. Primary production is further divided into two types that are gross primary production, and net primary production. 

2)Secondary production. 

Secondary production is a process that describes the generation of biomass by consumers. Biomass generation is done by the transfer of the organic compounds between the trophic levels via feeding. Just like primary production, secondary production is also categorized into gross secondary production and net secondary production. Examples of secondary production are fungi, bacteria, and other animals. 

How Ecological Productivity Helps

Ecological productivity helps us to understand the creation of organic material from the sources, and how the energy is transferred from one species to another species

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