Near-surface phytoplankton chlorophyll concentration in ocean
|
Biosphere |
0.19 |
mg / m^3 |
102941 |
Field CB, Behrenfeld MJ... |
Ratio of carbon to phosphorus in phytoplankton
|
Biosphere |
106 |
Unitless |
100589 |
Arrigo, K.R., Marine... |
Calculated densities of marine phytoplankton cells
|
Various |
Table - link |
N/A |
105168 |
Richard W. Eppley, Robert... |
Ratio of nitrogen to phosphorus in phytoplankton
|
Biosphere |
16 |
unitless |
100590 |
Arrigo, K.R., Marine... |
P:N ratio by mass in marine phytoplankton
|
Various |
0.04 to 0.3 |
Unitless |
107191 |
Karpinets TV, Greenwood DJ... |
Ratio of silicon to phosphorus in diatom phytoplankton
|
Diatoms |
15 |
unitless |
100591 |
Mark A. Brzezinski The... |
global iron assimilated by phytoplankton in open ocean
|
Biosphere |
6.7e+11 |
gram/year |
100785 |
Fung, I.Y., S.K. Meyn... |
Typical carbon biomass in phytoplankton in the oceans
|
Biosphere |
0.25-0.65 |
Pg |
100817 |
Aquatic photosynthesis... |
Percentage of phytoplankton (including bacteria) grazed per day
|
Biosphere |
25%-100% |
% |
115619 |
Young KD. The selective... |
Concentrations of nutrients giving half maximum growth rate of various marine phytoplankton organisms
|
Various |
Table - link |
N/A |
106500 |
Skirrow G (1975) In Riley JP... |
Percent of photosynthetically active solar radiation incident on ocean absorbed by phytoplankton
|
Biosphere |
7 |
Percent |
102944 |
Field CB, Behrenfeld MJ... |
Elemental ratios (molar C:N, C:P, and N:P) for marine phytoplankton cultures, bacteria, and particulate organic matter
|
Various |
Table - link |
N/A |
108793 |
S. Bertilsson, O. Berglund... |
Fraction of phytoplankton (that contribute approximately half of the global productivity) mass out of total mass in photosynthetic organisms worldwide
|
Biosphere |
<0.5 |
% |
113987 |
Kaplan A. Cyanophages:... |
percent of atmospheric carbon fixed by each land plants and phytoplankton per year
|
Biosphere |
6-8 |
percent per year |
101685 |
Kiang et al. Spectral... |
Fraction of the world’s photosynthetic activity that is accounted for by the phytoplankton component of marine microbes
|
Biosphere |
~50 |
% |
113510 |
Weynberg KD, Allen MJ... |
Annual amount of carbon fixed from carbon dioxide into organic form by ocean phytoplankton
|
Biosphere |
45-60 |
Pg/yr |
101684 |
Kiang et al. Spectral... |
CO2 concentration at the site of fixation by the enzyme Rubisco at different stages of phytoplankton bloom
|
Diatoms |
60-135μM during and at the beginning of the bloom: 28-45μM during the peak of the bloom: 45μM afterwards |
μM |
116829 |
Kranz SA, Young JN, Hopkinson... |
Photosynthetic absorption cross-section area for AAP [aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic] bacteria, oxygenic photosynthetic phytoplankton and bacteriorhodopsin measured at the indicated wavelength
|
bacteria |
Table - link |
N/A |
111298 |
Kirchman DL, Hanson TE.... |
Half‐saturation constant for carbon fixation (K1/2) at 1°C
|
Diatom Fragilariopsis cylindrus |
~5 |
µM CO2 |
116831 |
Kranz SA, Young JN, Hopkinson... |
Rubisco as a percentage of total protein in batch cultures
|
Diatom Thalassiosira weissflogii |
Table - link |
N/A |
108739 |
Losh JL, Young JN, Morel... |