Although plankton makes up the bulk of the oceans» biomass, its biogeography and the structure of its ecosystems are an «almost virgin field,» Karsenti said. (sciencemag.org)
From 1990 to 2002 these XBT's made up the bulk of ocean heat measurements, however because they were sparsely sampled in both time and space, numerous corrections and mapping strategies have had to be employed to remove errors and bias from the data set. (skepticalscience.com)
NOAA posts regularly updated measurements of the amount of heat stored in the bulk of the oceans. (realclimate.org)