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Most of biological life appears to be either small (10-15g) or large (around 107g), though there is substantial uncertainty around body size and biomass across terrestrial, marine and subterranean species

03.29.23 | PLOS

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The sizes of life
The relationship between two of the most important biological measures - body size and biomass - is bimodal but contains large uncertainty. Credit: Tekwa et al., 2023, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.028302

Article Title: The sizes of life

Author Countries: USA, Canada

Funding: The research was supported by the Tula Foundation (ET); the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (MP); MITACS (ET); the Coral Reef Alliance (ET & MP); and NSF awards OCE-1426891, DEB-1616821, and OISE-1743711 (MP). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0283020

The sizes of life

29-Mar-2023

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Keywords

Biomass Body Size Coral Reefs Life Sciences

Article Information

Journal
PLOS ONE
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0283020
Article Publication Date
2023-03-29
Article Title
The sizes of life
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
onepress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2023, March 29). Most of biological life appears to be either small (10-15g) or large (around 107g), though there is substantial uncertainty around body size and biomass across terrestrial, marine and subterranean species. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/1EOGYD5L/most-of-biological-life-appears-to-be-either-small-10-15g-or-large-around-107g-though-there-is-substantial-uncertainty-around-body-size-and-biomass-across-terrestrial-marine-and-subterranean-species.html
MLA:
"Most of biological life appears to be either small (10-15g) or large (around 107g), though there is substantial uncertainty around body size and biomass across terrestrial, marine and subterranean species." Brightsurf News, Mar. 29 2023, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/1EOGYD5L/most-of-biological-life-appears-to-be-either-small-10-15g-or-large-around-107g-though-there-is-substantial-uncertainty-around-body-size-and-biomass-across-terrestrial-marine-and-subterranean-species.html.