Standing crop

A standing crop is the total dried biomass of the living organisms present in a given environment.^[1]

See also

• Biomass (ecology)
• Net Primary Production

Bibliography

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• Campbell, Reece, Urry, Cain, et al. (2011) 9th ed. Biology. Benjamin Cummings. pg 1221
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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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• Oglesby, R. T. (1977). "Relationships of fish yield to lake phytoplankton standing crop, production, and morphoedaphic factors". Journal of the Fisheries Board of Canada. 34 (12): 2271–2279. doi:10.1139/f77-305. 
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References

External links

• Models that predict standing crop of stream fish from habitat variables: 1950-85