Fraction of carbon fixed annually by algae and plants that is processed into methane

Value 1.6 %
Organism Biosphere
Reference Liu Y, Whitman WB. Metabolic, phylogenetic, and ecological diversity of the methanogenic archaea. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2008 Mar1125:171-89PubMed ID18378594
Primary Source Hedderich, R. & W. Whitman. 2006. Physiology and biochemistry of the methane-producing Archaea. In The Prokaryotes, Vol. 2, 3rd ed. M. Dworkin, et al., Eds.: 1050–1079. New York: Springer Verlag.
Entered by Uri M
ID 104554