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Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
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Rubisco as a percentage of total protein in phosphorus (P)- and nitrogen (N)-limited continuous cultures | Coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi | Table - link | N/A | 108740 | Losh JL, Young JN, Morel... |
Membrane permeability to CO2 | Diatom Fragilariopsis cylindrus | best estimate 0.24 cm/sec: minimal estimate 0.037 | cm/sec | 116830 | Kranz SA, Young JN, Hopkinson... |
Sinking rates of flagellates | Various | Table - link | N/A | 105171 | Richard W. Eppley, Robert... |
Sinking rates of flagellates and diatoms | Various | 0.18-6.0 | m/day | 105172 | Richard W. Eppley, Robert... |
Cellular Phosphorus:Carbon (P:C) molar ratio | Algae | ~0.02 - 0.002 | unitless | 111707 | Galbraith ED, Martiny... |
Trophic categories defined with respect to the chlorophyll a concentration within the surface layer, [Chla]surf, and the associated parameters | Biosphere | Table - link | N/A | 112622 | Julia Uitz, Herve´ Claustre... |
Generation time | Diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum | 15 | hours | 104195 | Greene RM, Geider RJ... |
Fraction of carbon fixed photosynthetically by aquatic organisms that is respired | Biosphere | 10-60 | % | 104194 | Ilana Berman-Frank and... |
Size (diameter) of most abundant cyanobacteria | Prochlorococcus | 0.6 (0.5-0.7) | µm | 101520 | Partensky F, Hess WR... |
Fraction of cyanobacteria out of total ocean marine picoplankton in the upper 200 m | Biosphere | ~10 | % | 112102 | Flombaum P et al., Present... |
Specific growth rate of Synechococcus in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean | Cyanobacteria Synechococcus spp. | 0.7 | 1/day | 113495 | MV Zubkov, Faster growth... |
Specific growth rate of Prochlorococcus in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean | Prochlorococcus | 0.3-0.6 | 1/day | 113496 | MV Zubkov, Faster growth... |
Annual mean global abundances | Cyanobacteria | Prochlorococcus 2.9±0.1×10^27 Synechococcus 7.0±0.3×10^26 | cells | 112100 | Flombaum P et al., Present... |
global atmospheric iron deposition in open ocean | Biosphere | 9.6e+10 | mol/year | 100786 | Fung, I.Y., S.K. Meyn... |
Percentage of Rubisco out of total protein | Diatom Skeletonema costatum | 1.4 (±0.2 Table - link) | % | 108737 | Losh JL, Young JN, Morel... |
Average Net Primary Productivity in ocean | Biosphere | 140 | g Carbon/(m^2*year) | 102940 | Field CB, Behrenfeld MJ... |
Cell volume | Cyanobacteria Synechococcus WH7803 | 1.8 | µm^3 | 104843 | Brown, C.M., Lawrence... |
Uptake rate of bioavailable phosphate in the North Atlantic Gyre (20.6˚ N) | Bacterioplankton | 0.5 | nmol l-1 h-1 | 113494 | MV Zubkov et al., Dominant... |
Percentage of Rubisco out of total protein in several plants | Plants | 5 to 40 | % | 108736 | Losh JL, Young JN, Morel... |
Percent of total ocean NPP contributed by eutrophic regions in the oceans | Biosphere | <=18 | % | 102953 | Field CB, Behrenfeld MJ... |