Fraction of deep sea organisms that are archaea

Value 40 %
Organism Biosphere
Reference Copley J. All at sea. Nature. 2002 Feb 7 415(6872):572-4. p.572 middle column top paragraphPubMed ID11832910
Comments “They make up typically 40% of deep sea organisms — and the deep sea is by far the largest habitat on Earth,”says Fuhrman of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
Entered by Uri M
ID 106621