Primary production of the biosphere: integrating terrestrial and oceanic components

A Science paper integrating terrestrial and oceanic primary production of the biosphere. Both papers use it for the fact that net photosynthesis stores about 8x10^-4 of the sunlight Earth intercepts, the benchmark for the computational ratio of 3.2x10^-7 in 2025. It anchors the long arc (C3) in Flagship Fig. 5d and Companion Fig. 10b, and shows that spread is not efficiency.

Cited in

both papers (Flagship: Three conjectures, Fig. 5; Companion §11, Fig. 10)

Used for

C3C3; computational ratio; Flagship Fig. 5d; Companion Fig. 10b

Strand

Ecology: energetics, niches & interactions · Energetics, trophic dynamics & subsidies

Cite

@article{field1998primary,
  title = {Primary production of the biosphere: integrating terrestrial and oceanic components},
  author = {Christopher B. Field and Michael J. Behrenfeld and James T. Randerson and Paul Falkowski},
  year = {1998},
  journal = {Science},
  doi = {10.1126/science.281.5374.237},
}