PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY
Primary productivity is the speed at which energy is converted through photosynthesis and chemosynthesis to organic substance. Tropical forests, like Borneo Lowland Rainforest, have the highest primary productivity out of all the forests due to the amount of sun and rainfall.
The primary productivity of an ecosystem is the most significant way to see how well it's functioning.
For a tropical rainforest like Borneo, the average primary productivity is very high. Borneo is very humid, meaning it receives a lot of sun and rainfall, two components contributing significantly to the rate of its primary productivity. There are approximately 17.7 million people living in Borneo, consequently there is enough carbon dioxide produced to support the photosynthesis process throughout the flora. |
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