Talk:Autotroph

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[edit] Flowchart is confusing

The flowchart implies that there are organisms that produce their own organic compounds, but not by using light and not by using inorganic chemical reactions, and are called autotrophs (the box at the bottom of the chart). In other words, the flowchart suggests that there is a subtype of autotrophs, which is also called autotrophs, that are neither photoautotrophs nor chemoautotrophs.stupidness

If that is true, then it would be useful for the article to explain how these organisms produce organic compounds. If it is false, the flowchart should be fixed. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.202.8.114 (talk) 07:02, 25 December 2006 (UTC). judo is coolo! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.37.182.214 (talk) 23:15, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Also, the word "elsewhere" has no referrent. What is the "where" from which "elsewhere" differs? Unfree (talk) 06:05, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] In the sea?

"This mechanism is called primary production in the sea." Does that mean that scuba divers talk differently when they return to the boat, or only when they get back to shore? Or are we talking about the language of mermaids? Unfree (talk) 06:35, 17 February 2008 (UTC)