Antarctic krill Thysanoessa macrura fills a major gap in marine lipogenic pathways

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 134, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 295-298

  Kattner, Gerhard ^a   Hagen, Wilhelm ^b   Falk Petersen, Stig ^c   Sargent, John R ^d   Henderson, R James ^d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c Norsk Polarinstitutl   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Euphausiids; Fatty acids and alcohols; Lipid biosynthesis; Wax esters; Weddell Sea

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA; EUPHAUSIIDAE; OPHTHALMAPSEUDES; THYSANOESSA MACRURA;

EID: 0029787179     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps134295     Document Type: Article

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