| Range |
>80 % of oceanic primary production
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| Organism |
Biosphere |
| Reference |
del Giorgio PA, Duarte CM. Respiration in the open ocean. Nature. 2002 Nov 28 420(6914):379-84 DOI: 10.1038/nature01165 p.379 left column top paragraphPubMed ID12459775
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| Primary Source |
[2] Longhurst, A., Sathyendranath, S., Platt, T. & Caverhill, C. An estimate of global primary production in the ocean from satellite radiometer data. J. Plankton Res. 17, 1245–1271 (1995) |
| Comments |
P.379 left column top paragraph: "Oceanic primary production (P) represents about half of the planet's primary production (ref 1 BNID 115374), ranging from 35 to 65 gigatonnes of carbon per year (Gt C/yr) (refs 1, 3, 4, 5, primary source 2 BNID 115373) with open ocean production accounting for over 80% of the total (primary source). Only a small fraction of this organic matter is buried in the ocean's sediments, the bulk of the organic matter produced being instead remineralized through respiration (ref 3)." (Gt C/yr)=gigatonnes of carbon per year=10^9 tonnes of carbon per year |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
115375 |