Why are the chemical compositions of living organisms so similar?
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Summary
The partition of elements between seawater and the marine solid phases (organisms and pelagic clays) is basically controlled by the same surface adsorption mechanisms as between soil pore water and the landSolid phases (plants and soils).
- Type
- article
- Published
- 1984-12-01
- Cited by
- 5
- References
- 16
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Keywords
Seawater, Adsorption, Soil water, Environmental chemistry, Pelagic zone
References
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- Tin and Methyltin Species in Seawater: Concentrations and Fluxes
- Origin of life: clues from relations between chemical compositions of living organisms and natural environments.
- On iodine abundances in deep‐sea sediments
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