| Value |
122
Gt
|
| Organism |
Biosphere |
| Reference |
Landenmark HK, Forgan DH, Cockell CS. An Estimate of the Total DNA in the Biosphere. PLoS Biol. 2015 Jun 11 13(6):e1002168. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002168. p.5/10 3rd paragraphPubMed ID26066900
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| Primary Source |
Wang YP, Law RM, Pak B. A global model of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus cycles for the terrestrial biosphere. Biogeosci Discussions. 2009 6: 9891–9944. |
| Comments |
p.5/10 3rd paragraph:"[Investigators] did not take into account leaf litter, which has been estimated to have a biomass of 122 Gt [primary source] assuming a plant genome size of 5,958 Mb, this gives a total DNA contained within litter of 7×10^30
Mb. This material is analogous to old garbage data." Gt=10^9 tonnes |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
111603 |