- carbohydrate
- lipid
- storage polymers
- stored reduced compounds
Operational definition
Accounting output/pool.
Assimilated energy-bearing matter retained within dedicated, mobilizable storage pools at the end of the accounting interval.
Examples include:
- lipid stores;
- glycogen;
- starch;
- storage polymers;
- reduced reserve compounds.
The distinction from retained biomass depends on biological function, not merely chemical composition.