Fraction of total organic carbon (TOC) at seafloor and 60m below seafloor at Landsort Deep, Baltic Sea

Range at the sediment surface ∼3%: at 60 m below seafloor ∼0.2 %
Organism Biosphere
Reference Braun S et al., Size and Carbon Content of Sub-seafloor Microbial Cells at Landsort Deep, Baltic Sea. Front Microbiol. 2016 Aug 31 7: 1375. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01375 p.8 left columnPubMed ID27630628
Comments P.8 left column : "At Landsort Deep, TOC concentrations decrease from ~3% at the sediment surface to ~0.2% at 60 mbsf [meters below sea floor] (Figure 6)."
Entered by Uri M
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