Results
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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean chlorophyll a concentration in ocean | Biosphere | 0.21 – 0.26 | mg/m^3 | 112621 | Julia Uitz, Herve´ Claustre... |
| Open ocean respiration | Biosphere | 110 to 160 | PgC/year | 106015 | John A. Raven, Contributions... |
| Fraction of ocean volume that constitutes water below the sunlit surface layer (i.e., the dark ocean) | Biosphere | 90 | % | 115202 | Pachiadaki MG et al.... |
| Total respiration in the open ocean | Biosphere | 66 (56 - 76) | Gt C/year | 115412 | del Giorgio PA, Duarte... |
| Estimated total respiration in the ocean interior | Biosphere | 1.2e+14 | mol O2/year | 115385 | del Giorgio PA, Duarte... |
| Silicon budget in the world ocean | Biosphere | Table - link | Tmol Si/year | 114466 | Tréguer PJ, De La Rocha... |
| Open ocean respiration and organic matter inputs | Biosphere | Table - link | Gt/C/year | 115506 | del Giorgio PA, Duarte... |
| Average pH of the ocean | Biosphere | 8.2 | Unitless | 100966 | aquatic photosynthesis... |
| global atmospheric iron deposition in open ocean | Biosphere | 9.6e+10 | mol/year | 100786 | Fung, I.Y., S.K. Meyn... |
| Typical density in upper 1,000m of ocean | Protist radiolaria | 1 - 5,000 | individuals/m^3 | 114451 | Tréguer PJ, De La Rocha... |
| Number of bacteria in ocean | Biosphere | 1E+29 | Bacteria | 108286 | Lawrence R . Pomeroy... |
| Primary production in the modern ocean | Biosphere | ≈1.5X10^15 | mol C/year | 110484 | Johnston DT, Wolfe-Simon F... |
| Number of prokaryotes below 200m in the ocean | prokaryote | 6.5E+28 (Table - link) | cells | 108496 | William B. Whitman, David... |
| Phage/bacteria ratio in the ocean | Biosphere | 10 | unitless | 104962 | Chibani-Chennoufi S,... |
| Number of eukaryotic species in ocean | Biosphere | ~200,000 | species | 112669 | Andersen KH et al., ... |
| Turnover time of nitrogen in ocean | Biosphere | 2500 | Years | 104779 | L. A. Codispoti, An oceanic... |
| Budget of silicon in the world ocean | Biosphere | Table - link | 1Tmol Si/year | 114448 | Tréguer P et al., The... |
| Global respiration in the surface layer of the ocean | Biosphere | ~143 | Gt C/year | 115383 | del Giorgio PA, Duarte... |
| Number of prokaryotes in the top 200m of ocean | Biosphere | 3.6E+28 | cells | 100548 | William B. Whitman, David... |
| Net CO2 flux into the ocean | Biosphere | 0.74×10^14 - 1.75×10^14 | mol CO2/year | 116102 | Duursma EK, Boisson MPRM... |