redfieldNC dataset

Redfield's (1934) NO3 and total CO2 data

Data digitized from Redfield's (1934) Figure 3, showing $NO3$ dependence on total $CO2$. data

data(redfieldNC, package="ocedata")

Examples

data(redfieldNC, package="ocedata")
plot(redfieldNC$CO2, redfieldNC$NO3,
    xlab=expression(CO[2]), ylab=expression(NO[3]))
slope <- 1/7
abline(-275.5, slope, lwd=3)
abline(-288.5, slope, lwd=3)

References

Alfred C. Redfield, 1934. On the proportions of organic derivations in sea water and their relation to the composition of plankton. Pages 177--192 in James Johnstone Memorial Volume, University Press of Liverpool.

See Also

Other data related to Redfield (1934): redfieldNP, redfieldPlankton