A standing crop is the total
biomass
Biomass is plant-based material used as a fuel for heat or electricity production. It can be in the form of wood, wood residues, energy crops, agricultural residues, and waste from industry, farms, and households. Some people use the terms bio ...
of the living organisms present in a given environment.
This includes both natural
ecosystem
An ecosystem (or ecological system) consists of all the organisms and the physical environment with which they interact. These biotic and abiotic components are linked together through nutrient cycles and energy flows. Energy enters the syst ...
s and
agriculture
Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people ...
.
See also
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Net Primary Production
Bibliography
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* Boudouresque CF (1973
''Les peuplements sciaphiles ; Recherches de bionomie analytique, structurale et expérimentale sur les peuplements benthiques sciaphiles de Méditerranée occidentale (fraction algale)'' Bulletin du Muséum d'histoire naturelle, 33, 147, PDF, 80 pages.
* Campbell, Reece, Urry, Cain, et al. (2011) 9th ed. Biology. Benjamin Cummings. pg 1221
* Fausch, K. D., Hawkes, C. L., & Parsons, M. G. (1988). ''Models that predict standing crop of stream fish from habitat variable''s: 1950-85 (http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/8730 résumé]).
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* Jenkins, R. M. (1968). ''The influence of some environmental factors on standing crop and harvest of fishes in US reservoirs''.
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References
External links
Models that predict standing crop of stream fish from habitat variables: 1950-85
Habitats
Ecosystems
Ecological metrics
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