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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...