The biomass distribution on Earth

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Summary

The overall biomass composition of the biosphere is assembled, establishing a census of the ≈550 gigatons of carbon (Gt C) of biomass distributed among all of the kingdoms of life and shows that terrestrial biomass is about two orders of magnitude higher than marine biomass and estimate a total of ≈6 Gt C of marine biota, doubling the previous estimated quantity.

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2018-05-21
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Biosphere, Biomass (ecology), Trophic level, Taxon, Geography

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