Global respiration of flora and fauna

Range 4.0 x 10^15 - 4.3 x 10^15 mol O2/year
Organism Biosphere
Reference Duursma EK, Boisson MPRM, Global oceanic and atmospheric oxygen stability considered in relation to the carbon-cycle and to different time scales. Oceanologica Acta (0399-1784) (Gauthier-Villars), 1994 , Vol. 17 , N. 2 , P. 117-141 link p.129 left column 2nd paragraph
Primary Source Broecker WS. Man's oxygen reserves. Science. 1970 Jun 26 168(3939):1537-8 AND Berger W.H., V.S. Smetacek and G. Wefer (1989). Ocean Productivity and Paleoproductivity. An overview, in: Productivity of the Ocean Present and Past, W.H. Berger, V.S. Smetacek and G. Wefer, editors. John Wiley and Sons, New York, USA, 1-34PubMed ID5420536
Comments P.129 left column 2nd paragraph: "The world respiration of flora and fauna is estimated to be in the range of 4.0-4.3 × 10^15 mol O2/yr (primary sources)."
Entered by Uri M
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