An autotroph is photoautotrophic if light energy is required to assimilate CO2 into the organic constituents of the cell. |
The vegetable autotroph harnesses solar radiation for its life process, converting it into chemical energy. |
The organism proved to be a facultative autotroph, which prefers organic acids as carbon sources that can easily feed into the metabolite pools of this cycle. |
In turn, high autotroph productivity begets high consumer productivity, which is positively associated with herbivore diversity. |
The first parasitic association to evolve between a microbe and an autotroph was probably perthotropic in nature. |
In the following simulation studies, we will create conditions of bottom-up control by allowing nutrient availability to control autotroph compartment size. |