zoology Archives - Astrobiology

A. Median carbon biomass (log scale) per log size as a function of body size with 95% confidence bounds (black dotted curves) cumulated across biological groups from 1000 bootstraps over within-group biomass and body size error distributions. Groups were organized from the least massive at the bottom to the most massive at the top for visibility on the log scale (ordered from top left to bottom right in color legend for group identity). Group biomasses are stacked so each group’s biomass is represented by its upper y-axis location minus its lower y-axis location (not by the upper y-axis location alone). See Tables 2–4 for within-group biomass uncertainties, and S3 Table; for icon sources. B. Median biomass in linear biomass scale. Confidence bounds are not shown here because they are so large as to obscure the median patterns on the linear scale. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0283020.g001 - University of British Columbia

Biophysics, Press Release

Life Forms On Our Planet Prefer Small And Very Large Sizes

by Keith CowingMarch 29, 2023March 29, 2023

Life comes in all shapes in sizes, but some sizes are more popular than others, new research from the University of British Columbia has found.