Fatty acid content of some freshwater fish in lakes of different trophic levels - A bottom-up effect?

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-27

  Ahlgren, G ^a   Sonesten, L ^a   Boberg, M ^a   Gustafsson, I B ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Eutrophic lakes; Food quality; Freshwater fish; Lipids; Oligotrophic lakes; Phytoplankton, fatty acids

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002401978     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.1996.tb00033.x     Document Type: Article

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