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1981 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Forest Metabolism: Influence of Air Contaminants on Photosynthesis and Respiration
Author : William H. Smith
Published in: Air Pollution and Forests
Publisher: Springer US
Included in: Professional Book Archive
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Photosynthesis is the most important metabolic process of forest ecosystems. In simple outline the process amounts to the reduction of carbon dioxide to CH2O and the oxidation of water to molecular oxygen and results in the derivation of approximately 95% of the dry weight of plants. Photosynthesis is the process primarily responsible for forest productivity.