Primary production refers to the total amount of organic matter produced by plants through photosynthesis.

While light intensity, temperature, and water availability are all important drivers of primary production, species diversity is not directly a driver but can influence it through various mechanisms.

The Resource-Competition Hypothesis suggests that increased species diversity leads to increased competition for resources, which in turn stimulates plants to increase their growth and productivity.

Sampling effects are caused by random fluctuations in environmental conditions, such as weather events, which can affect primary production.

Functional diversity can increase primary production by allowing different species to use resources more efficiently, reducing competition and increasing overall productivity.

Facilitation is a positive species interaction where one species provides a benefit to another, such as providing shade or nutrients, which can lead to increased primary production.

Photosynthesis is the process by which plants use light energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen.

Oxygen concentration is not typically a limiting factor for primary production in aquatic ecosystems, as most aquatic plants can obtain oxygen from the water.

Biodiversity loss can have both positive and negative effects on primary production, depending on the specific ecosystem and the species involved.

Herbivory is a negative species interaction where one species (the herbivore) consumes part of another species (the plant), which can reduce the plant's ability to produce biomass.

Net primary production refers to the total amount of organic matter produced by plants in an ecosystem per unit area, after accounting for the organic matter used by the plants for respiration.

Secondary production refers to the production of organic matter by consumers, such as animals, and is not a type of primary production.

Species richness can have both positive and negative effects on primary production, depending on the specific ecosystem and the species involved.

A positive feedback loop occurs when an increase in one factor leads to an increase in another factor, which in turn leads to a further increase in the first factor. In this case, increased diversity leads to increased competition, which stimulates plants to increase their growth and productivity, leading to increased primary production.

Nitrogen deposition can have both positive and negative effects on primary production, depending on the specific ecosystem and the amount of nitrogen added.