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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rates of respiration in the surface layer of the ocean | Biosphere | ~1.2 | g C/m^2/day | 115378 | del Giorgio PA, Duarte... |
| Global respiration in the surface layer of the ocean | Biosphere | ~143 | Gt C/year | 115383 | del Giorgio PA, Duarte... |
| Linear dimensions and volume, C and N quota, density, and C:N ratios of dinoflagellate species | Protists | Table - link | N/A | 107970 | Susanne Menden-Deuer... |
| Oxygen concentration below which 50% of coastal marine animal species die | Various | ~70 | μmol/kg | 108704 | Seibel BA. Critical oxygen... |
| Gradient of morphogen that can be detected from one end of cell to another | Various | 2 | % | 107047 | Day SJ, Lawrence PA.... |
| Volume of dinoflagellate species analyzed | Protists | 180 to 279,000 Table - link | μm^3 | 107971 | Susanne Menden-Deuer... |
| Fraction of prokaryotes in oceanic surface waters killed daily by viruses | Biosphere | 20 to 40 | % | 106625 | Suttle CA. Marine vi... |
| Fraction of microbial biomass in the ocean killed daily by viruses | Biosphere | 20 | % | 105604 | Suttle CA. Marine vi... |
| Marine planktonic net primary productivity | phytoplankton | 47.5 | PgC/year | 109978 | Raven JA. Rubisco: still... |
| Global net primary production of cyanobacteria | Biosphere | Prochlorococcus 4 (8.5% of ocean net primary production (onpp)) Synechococcus 8 (16.7% of onpp) | Gt C/year | 112103 | Flombaum P et al., Present... |
| Fraction of ocean net primary productivity that cyanobacteria could be responsible for | Biosphere | ~25 | % | 112104 | Flombaum P et al., Present... |
| Coastal benthic net primary productivity | phytoplankton | ~1 | PgC/year | 109979 | Raven JA. Rubisco: still... |
| Distribution of cellular shapes in monolayer cell sheets across the plant and animal kingdoms | Various | ~ hexagons 45%: pentagons 25%: heptagons 20% | % | 112080 | Gibson WT et al., Control... |
| Winter-summer differences expressed across lakes (chlorophyll a, dissolved organic carbon, nitrogen & phosphorus) | Biosphere | Table - link | N/A | 113520 | Hampton SE et al., Ecology... |
| Estimated carbon content | bacteria | cyanobacteria 50-250: heterotrophic bacteria 20-100 | fg carbon/cell | 112422 | Jover LF, Effler TC, Buchan A... |
| Fraction of bacterial cells removed from the inhalant seawater by the filtering activities of the sponge | Sponges phylum Porifera | ≤96 | % | 113287 | Taylor MW, Radax R, Steger D... |
| Average speed | Copepod Oithona davisae | 8.0 Table - link | mm/sec | 109842 | Jiang H, Kiørboe T. The... |
| Carbon:volume (w/v) ratio in natural assemblages of bacteria and in cultured E. coli | bacteria | natural assemblages of marine bacteria 23-38%: cultured E. coli 12 | % | 115318 | Meinhard Simon, Farooq Azam... |
| Oceanic primary production (P) | Biosphere | 35 - 65 | gigatonnes of carbon per year (Gt C/yr) | 115373 | del Giorgio PA, Duarte... |
| Estimated carbon/nitrogen/phosphorus (C/N/P) ratio | Paramecium bursaria Chlorella virus 1 (PBCV1) | 17/5/1 | carbon/nitrogen/phosphorus | 112425 | Jover LF, Effler TC, Buchan A... |