Fraction of ocean volume that constitutes water below the sunlit surface layer (i.e., the dark ocean)

Value 90 %
Organism Biosphere
Reference Pachiadaki MG et al., Major role of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria in dark ocean carbon fixation. Science. 2017 Nov 24 358(6366):1046-1051. doi: 10.1126/science.aan8260 p.1046 left columnPubMed ID29170234
Primary Source [1] W.B. Whitman, D.C. Coleman, W.J. Wiebe, Prokaryotes: The unseen majority. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 95, 6578–6583 (1998). doi:10.1073/pnas.95.12.6578pmid:9618454PubMed ID9618454
Comments P.1046 left column: "Ocean water below the sunlit surface layer (i.e., the dark ocean) constitutes 90% of ocean volume and harbors one of the largest microbiomes on Earth (primary source)."
Entered by Uri M
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