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Density of sea water Biosphere ~1027 kg/m^3 108511 Windows to the universe...
Osmolarity of sea water Biosphere 1000 mOsm/l 100802 Peter J. Russell,Stephen...
Density of sea water Biosphere 1.0236 g/cm^3 105169 Richard W. Eppley, Robert...
Concentration in sea water Virus >10^8 viruses/mL 113508 Weynberg KD, Allen MJ...
Carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus elemental ratio Red algae C:P≈70 and N:P≈10 N/A 106054 Arrigo KR. Marine mi...
Effective irradiance at which near maximal carbon dioxide uptake takes place Red algae 1e-3 μmol/m^2/sec 107746 Lars Olof Bjorn, Effect...
Number of phycoerythrin molecules per phycobilisome in model Red algae 15 molecules/phycobilisome 107747 Lars Olof Bjorn, Effect...
Average haemoglobin concentration in healthy non-pregnant woman living at sea level Human Homo sapiens 13 - 14 g/dL 112355 Hytten F. Blood volume...
Speed of molecular motor kinesin II Sea urchin 0.4 μm/sec 108069 Scholey JM, Ou G, Snow J...
diameter Sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus 0.08 mm 111381 http://www.echinobas...
Ionic strength of sea water Biosphere 1000 mM 106144 Storey, K. B. Functional...
Osmotic pressure of sea water Biosphere 2.5 MPa 108541 Park S. Nobel, Physi...
Fraction of deep sea organisms that are archaea Biosphere 40 % 106621 Copley J. All at sea....
Dark respiration rate of F. vesiculosus from the Bothnian Sea and the Irish Sea Brown alga Fucus vesiculosus Table - link N/A 107950 Brinza L, Nygård CA, Dring MJ...
Number of chromosomes (most of any known animal) Red vizcacha rat Tympanoctomys barrerae 102 chromosomes 110010 Gallardo MH, González CA...
Concentration of bacteria Sponges phylum Porifera bacteriosponges 10^8-10^10: low-microbial-abundance sponges (as natural sea water) 10^5-10^6 bacteria/gram of sponge wet weight 113277 Hentschel, U., Usher...
Average concentration of dissolved organic compounds in sea water Biosphere Table - link μg C/liter 107116 Konings and Veldkamp...
List of non-human animals with publications on their genome projects as of 2012 Metazoa animals Table - link Mb 112712 Luting Song & Wen Wang...
Cell concentration at 1m depth at sea Cyanobacteria 22000 (±4000) cells/ml 103900 Pitta P, Karakassis I....
Depth sea corals are limited to Coral 100 upper meters of tropical shorelines 114537 Iluz D, Dubinsky Z. Coral...