@article {Rich:1984:0007-4977:312,
title = "Trophic vs. Detrital Energetics: Is Detritus Productive?",
journal = "Bulletin of Marine Science",
parent_itemid = "infobike://umrsmas/bullmar",
publishercode ="umrsmas",
year = "1984",
volume = "35",
number = "3",
publication date ="1984-11-01T00:00:00",
pages = "312-317",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "0007-4977",
eissn = "1553-6955",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/1984/00000035/00000003/art00006",
author = "Rich, Peter H.",
abstract = "Conventional definitions of productivity describe work done by organisms in an inert environment. In contrast, modern ecosystem theory defines work done on an environment co-evolving with organisms. Respiration is oxidative phosphorylation driven by assimilation. The intrinsic bio-energetic
potential of phosphorylation co-evolved with prokaryotes in the Proterozoic Eon. Trophic-dynamic data indicate that predation, interpreted as assimilation driven by ingestion, is a second bio-energetic mechanism which co-evolved with eukaryotes. The observation that detritus occurs in the
absence of predators does not mean that predation denotes the absence of detritus. Thermodynamically, predation may require detritus.",
}