Isaac, I’ve tried to make this clearer in the table in the post.
[Also by happy chance this process made me notice that I’d lost all of my footnotes in the process of transferring from google docs, which I’ve now fixed. Thanks both for indirectly causing me to notice this.]
I think the numbers on the right column are supposed to be the ‘totals’ of the biomass of the domains/kingdoms/viruses as entire groups.
The original table is on page 89 of the supplementary materials document of the Bar-On, Phillips, and Milo paper.
Thanks Elias, I think you’re right.
Isaac, I’ve tried to make this clearer in the table in the post.
[Also by happy chance this process made me notice that I’d lost all of my footnotes in the process of transferring from google docs, which I’ve now fixed. Thanks both for indirectly causing me to notice this.]