Abstract
Problems in the interpretation of 14C-primary production estimates have resulted from our belief that all carbon compounds are created equal and few attempts have been made to include nighttime 14C-losses. The energetic costs of protein synthesis are high and once formed protein is not simply used as another form of energy but is conserved along food chains. A portion of the carbohydrate fraction is used to drive night protein synthesis and some, the so called colloidal dissolved organic carbon which represents a portion of the ‘extracellular production’, simply aggregates and settles out.
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