The biomass of the biosphere

In this topic

• What biomass is and how it is measured
• Land and ocean: a surprising ratio
• How biomass is distributed by zone
• The biomass of humanity, and the link to earlier lessons

Key terms

• Biomass
• Dry mass
• Phytomass
• Zoomass
• Phytoplankton
• Benthos
• Upwelling
• Shelf
• Turnover rate
• Productivity
• Soil biomass
• Remote sensing

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