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Why the primary productivity differs in different ecosystems?

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(a) Primary productivity depends on the plant species inhabiting a particular area.
(b) It also depends on a variety of environmental factors, availability of nutrients and photosynthetic capacity of plants. Therefore, it varies in different types of ecosystems.
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