Distribution of global net primary production (NPP) between cyanobacteria and eukaryotic algae

Range Cyanobacteria (Prokaryotic) 10 - 25%: Eukaryotic algae 75 - 90 %
Organism Biosphere
Reference Mackinder et al., A repeat protein links Rubisco to form the eukaryotic carbon-concentrating organelle. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 May 24 113(21):5958-63. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1522866113 Supporting Information Appendix p.22 Table S1PubMed ID27166422
Primary Source [14] Rousseaux & Gregg (2013) Interannual variation in phytoplankton primary production at a global scale. Remote Sens 6(1):1–19 [69] Flombaum P et al., Present and future global distributions of the marine Cyanobacteria Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Jun 11 110(24):9824-9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1307701110PubMed ID23703908
Comments Please note, primary source [14] gives Cyanobacteria and Eukaryotic algae, 10% and 90%, respectively. Primary source [69] gives Cyanobacteria and Eukaryotic algae, 25% and 75%, respectively.
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