Smith D F, Wiebe W J
Appl Environ Microbiol. 1976 Jul;32(1):75-9. doi: 10.1128/aem.32.1.75-79.1976.
The release rate of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) by unialgal cultures and natural phytoplankton assemblages was constant over a wide range of dissolved inorganic carbon concentrations. DOC release was not proportional to the particulate organic carbon production rate. We postulate that intracellular DOC, fated for release, exists either as a separate pool from that leading to particulate organic carbon production or that there is active metabolic control on one portion of a common pool.
在广泛的溶解无机碳浓度范围内，单种藻类培养物和天然浮游植物组合释放溶解有机碳（DOC）的速率是恒定的。DOC释放与颗粒有机碳产生速率不成正比。我们推测，注定要释放的细胞内DOC要么作为一个与导致颗粒有机碳产生的池分开的池存在，要么对一个共同池的一部分存在活跃的代谢控制。
