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Published on: August 13, 2026
How much energy of sunlight is converted by primary producers into NPP in the above energy pyramid?

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From the pyramid, producers (PP) convert 10,000 J out of 1,000,000 J sunlight.

So, only 1% of sunlight is converted into NPP by primary producers.
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