Percent of photosynthetically active solar radiation incident on ocean absorbed by phytoplankton

Value 7 Percent
Organism Biosphere
Reference Field CB, Behrenfeld MJ, Randerson JT, Falkowski P. Primary production of the biosphere: integrating terrestrial and oceanic components. Science. 1998 Jul 10281(5374):pp. 238PubMed ID9657713
Method long term global measurements from satellites
Comments The remainder of photosynthetically active solar radiation (PAR) is absorbed by water and dissolved organics.
Entered by Uri M
ID 102944