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I thought even today phytoplankton produced more oxygen than all the multicellular plants put together. I might just be imagining that factoid though.
by adrianratnapala 10y ago
I thought even today phytoplankton produced more oxygen than all the multicellular plants put together.
I might just be imagining that factoid though.
- HCIdivision17 10y agoThat was my understanding as well. The idea being that there is a lot of volume in the first few meters of ocean surface area churn. It's not hard to imagine that does better in surface area than (even a lot) of plants.
- ethbro 10y agoNot forgetting the fact that it seems like it would be substantially easier for a faintly mobile fluid filled bag(s) of DNA to survive and reproduce in an aqueous environment!