Primary Productivity
| Biome |
Primary Productivity
Biomass |
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Growing season |
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forests |
1250 g/m/yr |
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Grasslands |
500 g/m/yr |
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| Prairie Grasslands |
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100-170 days |
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650 g/m/yr |
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| irrigated
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600 kg/ha/day |
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<150 kg/ha/yr |
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Some Assumptions
for meat -- 70 calories per ounce, 140 for
2 oz, 210 for 3 oz, 280 for 4 oz
| vegetable |
calories |
weight g |
kC per gram |
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| beets |
29 |
68 |
.4 |
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| chard |
3.4 |
18 |
.2 |
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| carrot |
24 |
55 |
.4 |
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| brussel sprout |
8.2 |
19 |
.4 |
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| broccoli |
12 |
44 |
.3 |
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| corn |
62 |
77 |
.8 |
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| cow peas |
65 |
72 |
.9 |
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| lentils |
40 |
38 |
1. |
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| yam |
46 |
68 |
.7 |
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| lima bean |
88 |
78 |
1.1 |
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| beans |
22 |
62 |
.35 |
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| bamboo shoots |
20.5 |
76 |
.3 |
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