English Explanatory Dictionary

Redfield ratio

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The stoichiometric ratio of carbon to nitrogen to phosphorus in the deep ocean.

Word forms

Redfield ratio

Etymology

Named after American oceanographer Alfred C. Redfield.

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