Seasonal lipid storage as overwintering strategy of Antarctic krill

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 134, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 85-89

  Hagen, Wilhelm ^a   Van Vleet, Edward S ^b   Kattner, Gerhard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctic krill; Energy reserve; Euphausia crystallorophias; Euphausia superba; Lipid content and composition; Overwintering; Thysanoessa macrura

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; LIPID RESERVES; OVERWINTERING; SEASONAL STORAGE;

WEDDELL SEA;

EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA;

EID: 0029668783     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps134085     Document Type: Article

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