Extended Data Fig. 2: Changes in the average water column metabolic index9.
From: Recovery from microplastic-induced marine deoxygenation may take centuries
A metabolic index is defined as the ratio of oxygen supply to the temperature-dependent resting oxygen demand of an organism. Here it is applied generically as an indicator of the change in metabolic viability of an environment using average parameters from9. Panel a, Change in the metabolic index due to climate warming at year 2200, relative to year 2022. Panel b, change in the metabolic index due to historic microplastic pollution at year 2200, relative to year 2022.
