Sentences with phrase «primary plant production»

Loss of ice cap will decrease albedo to the point of causing an abrupt spike in temperature that will end 90 % of primary plant production, for two or three years.

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The notice released by the Changchun agriculture committee on April 28 said that increasing soybean planting areas «is the primary political mission of agricultural production.»

The Controls Systems Engineer performs assignments across an entire range of plant equipment with the primary goal of keeping the equipment running, fabrication, machining, modification of parts and equipment, assembly and repair of production parts.

«They allow us to look into relationships between SIF and the gross primary production (GPP)-- the amount of carbon fixed by plants through photosynthesis — at scales never explored before.»

More efficient irrigation management has become a primary focus in sustainable container plant production as growers look for ways to improve resource use and mitigate negative environmental impacts of fertilizers and pesticides that are often found in nursery runoff.

Soybeans, an important dietary protein and the current primary source of plant - based oils used for biodiesel production, only yield about one barrel per acre.

Map shows the entire area where oil and gas development has reduced the land's ability to fix carbon, measured in «net primary production,» which is the net amount of carbon fixed by plants and stored in biomass.

This primary response involves the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which are molecules that can act like tiny bombs when released by the plant cell at the offending pathogen.

For 20 Million Years, the Diversity of Large Terrestrial Mammals Depended on Plant Growth (15/09/2016) For more than 20 million years, the ups and downs of diversity in terrestrial large mammals were determined by primary production, i.e. net production of plant bioPlant Growth (15/09/2016) For more than 20 million years, the ups and downs of diversity in terrestrial large mammals were determined by primary production, i.e. net production of plant bioplant biomass.

For more than 20 million years, the ups and downs of diversity in terrestrial large mammals were determined by primary production, i.e. net production of plant biomass.

Climate driven increases in global terrestrial net primary production from 1982 to 1999 http://cliveg.bu.edu/globalgarden/nemanietal-science.htm «Most of the observed climatic changes have been in the direction of reducing climatic constraints to plant growth.»

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net primary production the increase in plant biomass or carbon of a unit of a landscape; gross primary production (all carbon fixed through photosynthesis) minus plant respiration equals net primary production

Writing as background for their work, Villafañe et al. (2015) note there is a growing interest in determining the effects and impacts of global change on estuaries, citing the works of Bricker et al. (2008), Bianchi and Allison (2009) and Gillanders et al. (2011), particularly with respect to phytoplankton, given that the tiny plants are responsible for a large share of the primary production in such waters.

Data from 22 countries shows the result: fewer resources per capita and a continued risk of famine in areas with low primary production — that is, the availability of carbon in the form of plant material for consumption as food, fuel and feed.

Nemani et al. (2002, 2003) suggest that increased rainfall and humidity spurred plant growth in the USA and that climate changes may have eased several critical climatic constraints to plant growth and thus increased terrestrial net primary production.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration includes the following in U.S. primary energy production: coal production, waste coal supplied, and coal refuse recovery; crude oil and lease condensate production; natural gas plant liquids production; dry natural gas excluding supplemental gaseous fuels production; nuclear electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the nuclear plant heat rates); conventional hydroelectricity net generation (converted to Btu using the fossil - fuels plant heat rates); geothermal electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the fossil - fuels plant heat rates), and geothermal heat pump energy and geothermal direct use energy; solar thermal and photovoltaic electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the fossil - fuels plant heat rates), and solar thermal direct use energy; wind electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the fossil - fuels plant heat rates); wood and wood - derived fuels consumption; biomass waste consumption; and biofuels feedstock.

Adding substantially to the benefits of milder northern winters (extended growing seasons, cattle farms and apple orchards in Greenland, and things of that nature) is the effect of increased CO2 on primary production in the food chain (green plants).

Net primary production (the amount of carbon converted to plant biomass) is far less than what would be absorbed from a natural forest ecosystem, and the carbon does not remain in the system very long.

His primary focus of practice since the mid-1990s has been the representation of several industrial contractors who operate in the areas of construction, maintenance, heavy equipment, and related services associated with refineries, petrochemical plants and the production of oil.