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Fraction of flatus that is carbon dioxide Human Homo sapiens 5 - 50 % 113401 Rowland I et al., Gut...
Global estimates of carbon in biomass in different global regions Biosphere Table - link N/A 103798 Lars Gunnar Marklund...
Estimated carbon content in marine virus particle Virus 0.055 - 0.2 fg carbon/viral particle 112421 Jover LF, Effler TC, Buchan A...
Concentration of dissolved inorganic carbon in ocean is higher than atmospheric inorganic carbon Biosphere ~50 Fold 108698 aquatic photosynthesis...
Atmospheric carbon dioxide exchange times Biosphere Table - link Years 106498 Skirrow G (1975) In Riley JP...
Total organic carbon on Earth Biosphere ~2,000 Gt C 111600 Landenmark HK, Forgan DH...
Assumed carbon source consumption rate Bacteria Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 10 mmol ATP/(g AFDW×h) 111301 Pinchuk et al., Cons...
Biomass concentration, apparent catabolic carbon balance, total carbon balance and residual glucose concentrations Bacteria Lactococcus lactis Table - link N/A 110982 Pranav Puri et al., 2014...
World carbon emissions rate in 2001 Biosphere 6.6 Gt Carbon/yr 101695 Nocera, D. Lewis, N....
Rates of light-saturated inorganic carbon assimilation in various aquatic plants Plants Table - link nmol C/(m^2 plant surface)/sec 110827 Raven JA (1984) ‘Energetics...
Percent of bacterial biotic carbon pool in the oceans that are viruses Biosphere 5 % of the carbon of bacteria 109019 Weinbauer MG. Ecology...
Fraction of forest carbon that is in soil Biosphere >50% (can reach 75%) % 114096 Siles JA et al., Effect...
Fraction of cellular carbon that is obtained from CO2 Various autotrophs >50%: heterotrophs <50% % of cellular carbon 112447 Schönheit P, Buckel W...
Annual amount of carbon fixed from carbon dioxide into organic form by ocean phytoplankton Biosphere 45-60 Pg/yr 101684 Kiang et al. Spectral...
Total carbon stored in the atmosphere Biosphere 720 (Table - link) 10^15 g 100967 aquatic photosynthesis...
Annual amount of carbon fixed from carbon dioxide into organic form by land plants Biosphere 45-60 Pg/yr 101682 Kiang et al. Spectral...
Global carbon dioxide assimilation via oxygenic photolithotrophy Biosphere >100 Pg carbon/year 112627 Raven JA, Beardall J...
Fraction of DNA in cellular organic carbon (working value) Biosphere 3 % 111601 Landenmark HK, Forgan DH...
Carbon stock density in the world’s forests Biosphere in tropical forests 242: in boreal 239: in temperate 155 Table - link Mg C/ha 110922 Pan Y et al., A large...
Calculated mean cell-specific carbon content at sub-seafloor deposits at Landsort Deep, Baltic Sea Microbes 19 – 31 (mean 23) fgC/cell 115323 Braun S et al., Size...