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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total dissolved inorganic carbon concentration in ocean water | Biosphere | 2 | mM | 100964 | aquatic photosynthesis... |
| Summary of CaCO3 flux estimates for the ocean | Biosphere | Table - link | N/A | 108709 | Doney SC, Fabry VJ, Feely RA... |
| Estimated residence time of silicon in the modern ocean | Biosphere | 15,000 - 17,000 | years | 114450 | Tréguer PJ, De La Rocha... |
| global iron assimilated by phytoplankton in open ocean | Biosphere | 6.7e+11 | gram/year | 100785 | Fung, I.Y., S.K. Meyn... |
| Concentration of total dissolved inorganic carbon in surface ocean | Biosphere | ~2 | mM | 108696 | aquatic photosynthesis... |
| Concentration of dissolved carbon dioxide in surface ocean | Biosphere | ~10 | μM | 108697 | aquatic photosynthesis... |
| Fraction of oceanic primary production that is open ocean production | Biosphere | >80 | % of oceanic primary production | 115375 | del Giorgio PA, Duarte... |
| Rates of respiration in the surface layer of the ocean | Biosphere | ~1.2 | g C/m^2/day | 115378 | del Giorgio PA, Duarte... |
| Concentration of important ions in ocean water | Biosphere | 560 Cl-: 500 Na+: 50 mg2+: 50 (SO4)2-: 10 K+: 10 Ca2+ | mM | 106594 | Fagerbakke KM, Norland S... |
| Fraction of ocean volume that is the uppermost, illuminated layer | Biosphere | <6 | % | 114399 | del Giorgio PA, Duarte... |
| Estimates of the total ocean phytomass | Biosphere | 1 to 10^6 Table - link | Gt C | 109599 | Vaclav Smil, The Earth's... |
| Volume of ocean water composed by the suboxic zone | Biosphere | 0.1-0.2 | % | 104782 | L. A. Codispoti, An oceanic... |
| Osmotic pressure of the ocean (salinity) | Biosphere | 30 | Atm | 100362 | eBook Marine Biology... |
| Average Net Primary Productivity in ocean | Biosphere | 140 | g Carbon/(m^2*year) | 102940 | Field CB, Behrenfeld MJ... |
| Fraction of respiration in the open ocean that is vertebrate respiration | Biosphere | ≤1 | % of respiration | 115388 | del Giorgio PA, Duarte... |
| Fraction of total respiration in the ocean interior that is benthic respiration | Biosphere | 45 | % | 115386 | del Giorgio PA, Duarte... |
| Concentration of dissolved carbon dioxide in ocean water | Biosphere | 10 | µM | 100965 | aquatic photosynthesis... |
| Concentration of O2 (oxygen) in suboxic region in ocean | Biosphere | <= (<~2 to 4) | µM | 104781 | L. A. Codispoti, An oceanic... |
| Organic carbon burial rate in the modern ocean | Biosphere | 5.33e+12 | mol C/year | 110485 | Johnston DT, Wolfe-Simon F... |
| Input of dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) into the ocean | Biosphere | ~2×10^12–6×10^12 | mol N/yr | 115509 | del Giorgio PA, Duarte... |