The lipid composition of the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi and its possible ecophysiological significance

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 579-594

  Pond, D W ^a   Harris, R P ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMILIANIA HUXLEYI;

BIOCHEMISTRY; FATTY ACID; LIPID; LIPIDS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

EID: 0029662799     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0025315400031295     Document Type: Article

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