Primary production

Japanese: 一次生産 - いちじせいさん
Primary production

…biological production is one of the most fundamental functions of life in an ecosystem. It is the driving force behind material circulation in the ecosystem. A distinction is made between primary production, carried out by autotrophs, and secondary production, carried out by heterotrophs.
[Primary Production]
The main production is by green plants (higher plants and algae, including cyanobacteria) that absorb solar energy through chlorophyll and synthesize organic matter from inorganic substances through photosynthesis.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "primary production" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…生物生産は生物の生活にとって最も基本的な機能の一つであり,生態系における物質循環の駆動力となっている。独立栄養生物の行う一次生産と従属栄養生物の行う二次生産とに区別される。
[一次生産]
 クロロフィルによって太陽エネルギーを吸収して光合成により無機物から有機物を合成する緑色植物(高等植物およびラン藻を含む藻類)の生産が主である。…

※「一次生産」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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