| Value |
4.1
PgC
Range: 1.5 - 22 PgC
|
| Organism |
Biosphere |
| Reference |
Kallmeyer J, Pockalny R, Adhikari RR, Smith DC, D'Hondt S. Global distribution of microbial abundance and biomass in subseafloor sediment. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Oct 2 109(40):16213-6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1203849109. p.16216 left column bottom paragraphPubMed ID22927371
|
| Method |
"[Researchers] compiled [their] cell counts from the South
Pacific Gyre (ref 5), the North Pacific Gyre, and the eastern equatorial Pacific
Ocean with previously published counts from ocean margins and the
equatorial Pacific Ocean (Fig. 1B)." |
| Comments |
"Based on [researchers'] estimates of total subseafloor sedimentary cell
abundance and cellular carbon content, their calculation of subseafloor
microbial biomass amounts to 4.1petagram (Pg), with
minimum and maximum estimates of 1.5–22PgC, respectively." Peta=10^15 |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
109985 |