Answer:
b. the total amount of organic matter fixed through photosynthesis minus that lost through respiration
Explanation:
The activity of an ecosystem can be assessed by gross primary productivity, which corresponds to the total organic matter produced in grams over a period of time in a given environmental area. Discounting from this total the amount of organic matter consumed by the organisms, during this period, in respiration, we have the net primary productivity.
For this reason, we can conclude that net primary production corresponds to the total amount of organic matter fixed through photosynthesis minus that lost by plant respiration.
