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Protein contents of major animal foods and feed conversion efficiencies of their production Human Homo sapiens Table - link N/A 103796 Vaclav Smil, Nitrogen...
Non-CO2 Green House Gas emissions associated with the production of various food items Biosphere Table - link N/A 104727 Gidon Eshel and Pamela Martin...
Estimated annual energy used for food production in the US Biosphere 1.02E+16 BTU/year 104631 Gidon Eshel and Pamela Martin...
Energetic efficiencies for a few representative human food items derived from land animals, aquatic animals and plants Biosphere Table - link N/A 104637 Gidon Eshel and Pamela Martin...
Energy consumption for personal travel on different vehicles Biosphere Table - link N/A 104629 Gidon Eshel and Pamela Martin...
Size of oceanic source of CO2 between the last glacial maximum and the Holocene epoch Biosphere 170≤ - ≤1,350 Gt C 115390 del Giorgio PA, Duarte...
Major stocks of Nitrogen Biosphere Table - link N/A 103503 John Harte, Consider...
Major stocks of phosphorus Biosphere Table - link N/A 103504 John Harte, Consider...
Major stocks of sulfur Biosphere Table - link N/A 103505 John Harte, Consider...
Percent of land covered by mountains Biosphere 20 unitless 100544 http://hypertextbook...
Concentration in world's nutrient-poorest sea water Prochlorococcus 100-316000 cells/ml 103897 Lami R, Cottrell MT, Ras J...
Number of bacteria in ocean Biosphere 1E+29 Bacteria 108286 Lawrence R . Pomeroy...
Fraction of aquatic primary productivity that is from anoxygenic photosynthesis Biosphere 0.1 % 105039 John A. Raven Functional...
Fraction of global soil carbon stored by alfisols (a soil type) Biosphere 8 % 113324 Hicks Pries CE, Castanha C...
Earth's vital statistics Biosphere Table - link N/A 103497 John Harte, Consider...
Mass of living organisms (dry weight) Biosphere 1.3E+15 Kg 103498 John Harte, Consider...
Solar constant-Total solar irradiance Biosphere 1366 W/m^2 103709 World Radiation center...
Protein-pigment mass ratio in B806-866 antenna complex Bacteria Chloroflexus aurantiacus 3.9 - 5.8 Table - link unitless 104569 Jorg Overmann and Ferran...
Percent of land covered by dry lands Biosphere 20 unitless 100545 http://hypertextbook...
Percent of land covered by no topsoil Biosphere 10 unitless 100547 http://hypertextbook...