Source: wikibot/f-ratio-oceanography
= F-ratio (oceanography)
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In oceanography, the F-ratio is a parameter that compares the rate of new production (the production of organic material from phytoplankton fueled by nutrients from deep waters) to the rate of regenerated production (the production of organic material from phytoplankton that is supported by the recycling of nutrients in the surface layer).