| Value |
1.8E+17
mol O2
|
| 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 right column bottom paragraph |
| Primary Source |
Keeling, R.F., M.L. Bender and P.P. Tans (1993). What atmospheric oxygen measurements can tell us about the global carbon cycle. Global biogeochem. Cycles, 7, 37-67 link |
| Comments |
P.129 right column bottom paragraph: "The potential oxygen equivalent of the world biomass and terrestrial humus (Fig. 9) is estimated (primary source) to be equivalent to 1.8 x 10^17 mol O2 (or 0.48% of the total oxygen mass). This figure has some consequences with respect to oxygen: 1) Since there exists a 1-to-1 conversion (and vice versa) of O2 to CO2 on a molecular and vol % basis [see formula (4, above)], O2 fluctuations in the atmosphere are very limited and restricted by equal CO2 vol % fluctuations over short time scales." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
116118 |