BRAINCAKENet Production of Consumers
Consumers also lose much of the chemical energy they take in. Their net production (the energy stored in their new biomass) is calculated from:
N = I − (F + R)
where:
• N is the net production of the consumer;
• I is the chemical energy store in ingested food;
• F is the chemical energy lost to the environment in faeces and urine;
• R is the respiratory losses to the environment.
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Key terms in this lesson
- ectotherm
- An organism that relies mainly on external sources of heat to regulate its body temperature.
- endotherm
- An organism that can generate and retain heat metabolically to maintain a fairly constant core body temperature.
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- Gross Primary Production
- Net Primary Production
- NPP = GPP - R
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- Calculating Percentage Efficiency
- Farming Practices and Productivity
- Reducing Respiratory Losses in Livestock
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