Canfield is talking primarily about heterotrophs — organisms, including humans, that get their nutrients and energy by consuming other organic matter. Not all organisms do this exclusively.

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Thus, protist grazing provides substrates for the further growth of prey, which include both heterotrophic bacteria (Jumars et al. 1989, Christaki et al. 1999) and autotrophic cells (Dolan 1997).

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