Study: Plankton's absorption of CO2 higher than assumed

A study into the chemical composition of marine plankton is challenging a long-held assumption on how much carbon dioxide the organisms consume.

The study, published online Sunday in Nature Geoscience, calls into question the textbook ratio of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorous contained in all plankton. This so-called "Redfield ratio," named for oceanographer Alfred Redfield, holds that those compounds are fixed at 106:16:1 units respectively.  http://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-plankton-carbon-ratio-20130315,0,78136.story

Article courtesy of The Los Angeles Times -Science Now- bly Monte Morin